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Twins Tower doesn't look so 'small' from this angle! There are climber's right on its summit.Mount Alberta rises behind Son of a Twin.Skiing up the north ridge on South Twin.Looking up at the other team as they ditch their skis and prepare for the final ascent on foot. The terrain is much steeper than it appears here.Skiing up the north ridge on South Twin. West Twin on the left and Alberta, Twins Tower and North Twin on the right.Helen's team on the summit of West Twin. The terrain is huge here.Looking across as the guided team follows our track up West TwinTrying to see what happened up slope.The rope disappears with Anton out of sight!TJ and JW work on setting up a crevasse rescue high on South Twins north ridge. At this point we still had no idea if Anton was OK or not.JW sets up an anchor.On the right side of the hole, JW is now ready to haul on the 6:1 rescue system he built. On a 40 degree ice slope.Huge ice chunks are right above Anton and will injure him seriously if he's not careful (photo by Anton Baser)Huge ice chunks are right above Anton and will injure him seriously if he's not careful (photo by Anton Baser)Anton's icy prison. Note the huge icicles and the incredible amount of 'digging in' the rope did!
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