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Victor packing up at the trailhead
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Leavitt Peak in Emigrant Wilderness
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Genti and Victor on the trail, full winter conditions at the end of May?!
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View east
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View west
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Genti heading to our original goal, the saddle the PCT crosses
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View from our first night shelter, a rock cave
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Me and Victor admiring the view
Photo taken by Genti Cuni
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Entrance to our accommodations
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Another view of the cave
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View outside the cave, looking east
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Potential path up to the ridge, we opted for the rock chute instead
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Contrails
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View looking west through the rock window
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View looking east through the rock window
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Sunset, looking south
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Sunset looking east through the rock window
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Sunset to the west
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Beautiful clouds
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Rock chute we ascended
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Victor preparing for the next section
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Victor, the fearless leader
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Looking back down the chute
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Last tricky section, straight up the snowfield (ice axe and crampons would've been useful)
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Victor kicking steps into the snow/ice
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Genti coming up
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Genti on a steep section
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Looking back down the way we came
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Victor and me signing the summit register
Photo taken by Genti Cuni
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Genti taking the next picture (summit register entry)
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Our beautiful entry, first of the year
Photo taken by Genti Cuni
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Me taking photos
Photo taken by Genti Cuni
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DOT Sonora Peak marker
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Looking towards Stanislaus Peak
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View Southeast
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View of 108 and the route we took
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View east, White Mountains in the far distance
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Looking back up at Sonora Peak
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Ridge leading to Stanislaus Peak
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Genti descending the ridge
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Me and Victor heading back to the snow cave
Photo taken by Genti Cuni
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Entrance to our snow cave, which Genti and Victor slaved away building
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Genti descending the ridge
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Looking back up the ridge
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Victor digging the snow cave
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Sunset looking east
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North
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West
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Beautiful reflection
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Genti documenting the lichen
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Snow cave entrance
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Me and Victor heading back to the snow cave
Photo taken by Genti Cuni
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Entrance to our snow cave, which Genti and Victor slaved away building
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Genti inside the snow cave
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Another view of the inside
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Beautiful snow
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Our first glissade path
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View of the rock outcrop we spent our first night in
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Another view of our descent path
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Genti glissading
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Victor preparing to glissade
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Victor glissading
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Looking back up
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Another view of the rock outcrop
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Close up of the rock window
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Our descent path
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Our ascent path
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return to california
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