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HIGH SIERRA: HUMPHREYS : Northwest Ridge ~ June 2-4, 1013(43) images

With a little over a week before Betsy and family arrived I needed to get in a few more climbs before the tempo changed. This peak has been on my tick list for a long time. With section of snow all the way up the route, it was far more interesting than it would have been without. Glad I brought a 120' rope for the numerous raps I made to speed up the descent. Nice thunderstorm 2nd afternoon. I had already decided to move down to a nice site I know just off the Piute Pass trail. Got there just as it started to come down in earnest. Really nice sunset afterwords.  

SUNSET AT FOUR JEFFREYS CG

MT HUMPHREYS AT SUNRISE

HUMPHREYS LAKES

CAMPSITE BELOW THE WEST SIDE OF MT HUMPHREYS

SUNSET VIEW SOUTH TO GLACIER DIVIDE

LATE DAY VIEW OF MT HUMPHREYS

CAMPSITE VIEW SOUTH TO GLACIER DIVIDE

SUNSET ON MT HUMPHREYS

EARLY MORNING VIEW OF THE CLIMB

ZOOM VIEW OF THE DIRECT START TO THE ROUTE

NORTH SIDE OF LAMARCK FROM THE BASE OF HUMPHREYS

THE FIRST CHOCKSTONE

THE SECOND CHOCKSTONE

GLACIER DIVIDE FROM THE TOP OF THE SECOND CHOCKSTONE

A TOUCH OF THE ALPINE IN THE GULLY

TOP OF THE GULLY AND THE LONG TRAVERSE TO THE NOTCH

SOUTH PAST LAMARCK TO THOMPSON AND POWELL

THE TRAVERSE TO THE NOTCH

THE NW FACE FROM THE NOTCH

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE NW FACE FROM THE NOTCH

THE INITIAL GULLY

TOP OF THE ICE ...

THIS IS THE BEST PART OF THE ROUTE

LOOKING DOWN THE ORIGINAL ROUTE

MARRIED MEN POINT

LOOKING PAST THE SUMMIT TO DESOLATION LAKE

SOUTH TO THE PALISADES AND MT DARWIN

STARTING THE DESCENT

HEAVE HO ... THE FIRST RAP

AND THE LAST RAP

HEADED OUT

INBOUND

NICE PROTECTED CAMPSITE TO WATCH THE FESTIVITIES

SUNSET GLACIER DIVIDE

SUNSET GLACIER DIVIDE

SUNSET GLACIER DIVIDE

PIUTE PASS AT SUNRISE

A CALM MORNING AT PIUTE LAKE

GETTING ARTSY

OUTLET STREAM FROM PIUTE LAKE

OUTLET STREAM FROM PIUTE LAKE

LOCK LEVEN LAKE

SHOOTING STARS

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