Two of the best routes from the early years. The Harding route was interesting because we were a few pitches above them when Galen Rowell and friends were doing their historic FFA. After the Keeler Needle, Rains left for the Valley. I would catch up with him later, but before that I wanted to do Clyde with Mary. It was a wonderful trip into the unknown. If you have a copy of Roper's SC guide, you'll know what I mean. It was the first week of September. We had the South Fork all to ourselves. What's really sad about these two routes is that I lost most of the slides many years ago - long before I even had a scanner to preserve them.
SUNRISE, MOUNT WHITNEY GROUP FROM THE OWENS RIVER VALLEY, SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA
MARY AND RAINSFORD AT ICEBERG LAKE CAMPSITE
SUNRISE COLOR ON THE KEELER NEEDLE AND DAY NEEDLE FROM ICEBERG LAKE, JOHN MUIR WILDERNESS
SUNRISE GOLD ON MOUNT WHITNEY REFLECTED IN ICEBERG LAKE
SUNRISE ON THE KEELER AND DAY NEEDLES REFLECTED IN ICEBERG LAKE
MORNING VIEW OF THE EAST FACE OF KEELER NEEDLE, JOHN MUIR WILDERNESS
RAINSFORD ROUNER AND SUNRISE AFTER A WATERLESS BIVY NEAR TOP OF THE KEELER NEEDLE
RAINSFORD ROUNER AT THE START OF THE SECOND DAY ON THE KEELER NEEDLE
RAINSFORD ROUNER AND PETER COLE AT THE TOP OF THE KEELER NEEDLE
THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES OF MT RUSSELL FROM THE TOP OF MT WHITNEY
SUNRISE AND THE STARLIGHT PILLAR, EAST FACE, CLYDE PEAK, SOUTHERN PALISADES
MORNING, STARLIGHT PILLAR, EAST FACE OF CLYDE PEAK, SOUTHERN PALISADES
MARY ERDEI CLIMBING ON THE STARLIGHT PILLAR, E FACE, CLYDE PK, SOUTHERN PALISADES
MARY ERDEI PAUSES ON THE WAY OUT THE SOUTH FORK OF BIG PINE CREEK