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NWT - LOTUS FLOWER TOWER : Down time in the Cirque of the Unclimables ~ July 1977(38) images

15 days of rain in a 3 week visit ... not alot of time left to go climbing. But, Mark Whiton, Al Rubin and I did get up the Lotus Flower Tower, followed a few days later by Michael Hartrich and Bryan Becker  

AL RUBIN AT DOCKS IN WATSON LAKE, YUKON TERRITORY, CANADA

MARK WHITON, AL RUBIN AND MIKE HARTRICH AT JUMPING OFF POINT FOR THE 'CIRQUE' IN WATSON LAKE, YUKON TERRITORY, CANADA

BRYAN AND MICHAEL LOADING THE OTTER FOR THE FLIGHT TO GLACIER LAKE IN THE 'CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES', NWT, CANADA

MICHAEL HARTRICH , BRYAN BECKER AND MARK WHITON UNLOADING AT GLACIER LAKE IN THE 'CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES', NWT, CANADA

VIEW UP VALEY TO PROBOSCIS, FLATTOP AND BUSTLE TOWER IN THE 'CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES', NWT, CANADA

MARK WHITON AT CAMP IN 'TOMBSTONE MEADOWS' 'CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES', NWT, CANADA

THE LOTUS FLOWER TOWER AND PARROT BEAK PEAK IN THE 'CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES', NWT, CANADA

THE LOTUS FLOWER TOWER IN THE 'CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES', NWT, CANADA

PACKING UP NOW THAT THE WEATHER WINDOW HAS ARRIVED

LOTUS FLOWER TOWER

MARK WHITON HUMPING THE HAUL BAG UP TO THE LOTUS FLOWER TOWER IN THE 'CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES', NWT, CANADA

LOOKING UP THE SOUTHEAST FACE OF THE LOTUS FLOWER TOWER IN THE 'CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES', NWT, CANADA

AL RUBIN LEARNING TO JUMAR ON THE FIRST PITCH OF THE LOTUS FLOWER TOWER IN THE 'CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES', NWT, CANADA

MARK WHITON LEADING MOSSY / GRASSY ROCK LOW DOWN ON THE LOTUS FLOWER TOWER IN THE 'CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES', NWT, CANADA

MARK WHITON JUGGING THE WIDE CRACK AS WE NEAR THE BIVY LEDGE

MARK WHITON LEADING THE 1ST PITCH ABOVE THE BIVY LEDGE ON THE LOTUS FLOWER TOWER IN THE 'CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES', NWT, CANADA

AL RUBIN AND MARK WHITON AT THE BIVY LEDGE ON THE LOTUS FLOWER TOWE

INBOUND WEATHER

MARK WHITON LEADING ONE OF THE MANY PITCHES IN THE 'SKI TRACKS' ON THE LOTUS FLOWER TOWER IN THE 'CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES', NWT

PARTIAL CLEARING DURING A LULL IN THE STORM ON DAY 2 ON THE LOTUS FLOWER TOWER IN THE 'CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES', NWT, CANADA

MARK WHITON CLEANING A PITCH AS THE STORM ENVELOPS THE LOTUS FLOWER TOWER IN THE 'CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES', NWT, CANADA

A TEMPORARY VIEW DURING THE STORM AT THE TOP OF THE LOTUS FLOWER TOWER IN THE 'CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES', NWT, CANADA

MARK WHITON AND AL RUBIN ORGANIZING GEAR FOR THE DESCENT OF THE LOTUS FLOWER TOWER IN THE 'CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES', NWT, CANADA

ANOTHER SNOW STORM BLANKETS 'TOMBSTONE MEADOWS' IN THE 'CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES', NWT, CANADA

GREAT SUMMER CONDITIONS AT 'TOMBSTONE MEADOWS' IN THE 'CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES', NWT, CANADA

MARK WHITON AND AL RUBIN CONTEMPLATING A ROUTE ON BUSTLE IN THE 'CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES', NWT, CANADA

CLOUDS SWIRLING AROUND MT HARRISON SMITH, CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES, NWT, CANADA

MT SIR JAMES MACBRIAN WITH A FRESH COAT OF SNOW, SEEN FROM 'TOMBSTONE MEADOWS' , 'CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES', NWT, CANADA

EVENING VIEW OF MT HARRISON SMITH FROM TOMBSTONE MEADOWS

MARK WHITON, BRYAN BECKER AND MICHAEL HARTRICH ENJOYING A LITTLE BIT OF SUN AT BASECAMP IN THE 'CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES', NWT, CANADA

STORM CLEARING LATE IN THE DAY, CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES, NWT, CANADA

A RARE CLEAR SUNRISE VIEW OF PROBOSCIS AND FLATTOP PEAKS IN THE 'CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES', NWT, CANADA

STILL WATER REFLECTION OF MT HARRISON SMITH IN A MEANDERING STREAM, 'TOMBSTONE MEADOWS' 'CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES', NWT, CANADA

EVENING VIEW OF MT HARRISON SMITH FROM A BIVY ON BUSTLE TOWER 'CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES', NWT, CANADA

EVENING VIEW OF MT HARRISON SMITH FROM A BIVY ON BUSTLE TOWER 'CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES', NWT, CANADA

MARK WHITON AT THE BIVY ON OUR BUSTLE TOWER ATTEMPT 'CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES', NWT, CANADA

MARK WHITON HEADED FOR GLACIER LAKE PICKUP BY WAY OF THE SCREE SLOPE BELOW MT HARRISON SMITH, 'CIRQUE OF THE UNCLIMBABLES', NWT, CANADA

LOADING UP THE OTTER AT GLACIER LAKE FOR THE RETURN TO WATSON LAKE NWT, CANADA


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