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| Pre-sunrise glow | Sunrise | |
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| Sunrise near Outpost Camp | Lingering snow | |
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| Consultation Lake (digital) | Consultation Lake (slide) | |
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| View of Mt. Muir and the needles from Trail Camp | Forrest and co. going up the switchbacks | Nice reflection |
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| Nate and Victor going up the infamous switchbacks | Look back at Consultation Lake | Marmot eating the lichen |
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| Marmot | View looking north | Nate taking a picture looking back down |
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| Hitchcock Lakc | Mountains in Kings Canyon | |
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| Nate, me, and Victor, at one of the windows | Keeler Needle | |
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| Frozen unnamed lake | Victor, me, Nate at the summit | Summit shots, looking east |
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| Southeast (Lone Pine in the valley) | Ice covered Iceberg Lake | Towards Whitney Portal |
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| North | Northwest | Summit hut |
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| View south (Mt. Muir highest peak along ridge) | Hitchcock Lake | Sign at Trail Crest |
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| Look back at Mount Whitney (middle) | Another amazing reflection near Trail Camp | |
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| View out towards Lone Pine | Snow and meltoff |
Group photo near the summit (Forrest, me, Victor, Nate, Lisa, Tom, Chiang, Sveta)
Photo courtesy of Forrest Lanning |
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