Drove up from LA friday night and had 2 hours of sleep. 3:35AM start
from South Lake ending at 11:00PM at Glacier Lodge.
Thunderbolt (5.9) (14,003ft) -->Starlight --> (5.4) (14,200ft)
__> North Palisade (14248ft) --> Polemonium (14,080) -->Sill
(14,153)
I finished the CA 14'er list with this traverse!
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| Base of Southwest chute number 1 |
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| Early start at 3:30am |
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Bypassing a snow field in the chute
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| The summit block of Thunderbolt Peak |
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| The summit block of Thunderbolt Peak |
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Tbolt-- Starlight Beta #1 need to downclimb until you reach this
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Downclimbing towards the notch between Thunderbolt and Starlight
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Starlight Beta #2 follow this low 5th crack after the downclimb
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| View down the same crack |
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| En route to starlight |
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| Escaping towards starlight |
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| The summit block of Starlight Peak |
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Maximal Exposure on the way to North Palisade
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Miguel on top of North Palisade
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Downclimbing pitch 1 of North Palisade Chimney
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En route to North Palisade
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Approaching the summit block of Starlight Peak
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View to the West from a short rapell swing onto a block to North Palisade
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| Downclimbing North Palisade |
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Rapelling pitch 2 of North Palisade Chimney
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Ascending towards Polemonium
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| On Top of Polemonium |
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My 14th CA 14 er -- One more to go
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catwalking it towards Sill
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| Approaching the junction of Sill |
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A little downclimb towards Sill
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| Summit of Mount Sill |
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Celebration Fruit Cup
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| Pretty tired and snowy on the descent |
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The Storm Rolls in over the Palisades
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| The palisade glacier descent |
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Only 5 more hours until we are done No problem
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Completion
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