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Our first stream crossing.
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On our second day, after an initial brutal climb and a cool lakeside pause, we
faced this tough sandy climb to the small notch in the ridge to the upper left.
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Picture at the top of the pass, showing the pathless valley we would traverse towards
a trail at the foothills of the far ridge.
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In previous campsites, mosquitoes were a problem, but in the moist
valley, they were swarming. Here you see a depiction of the three different
ways to deal with it.
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With some adventure, we eventually found the trail and are tredging up
to the last ridge crossing of the trip.
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Along the way, we were rewarded with this view of where we had
been...
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and this view, which is to the left of the previous image. Mt. Whitney is
one of the distant peaks on the left.
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A well deserved break at the top.
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