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Recondite (L) and Augusta (R) reflect in the alpine tarn near our bivy site.Starting our access to the SW ridge from our bivy site.We gain the spine of the sw ridge - the false summit towers above us in a VERY foreshortened view.[Looking back at Steven and Eric ascending the sw ridge with the bivy site and lake far below already.Scrambling the SW ridge.Scrambling the SW ridge.The slabs are steep but offer excellent grip - even when wet.Scrambling the SW ridge.Dark skies threaten to the south as we get higher.The terrain starts to fall apart.The terrain on Recondite is ridiculously loose and everything is, of course, on an angle so that you have to stay very alert the whole time.One of the many 3rd/4th class chimney's we had to negotiate on Recondite.Views off the ridge.Views off the ridge towards Augusta.Eric negotiates an exposed and very loose traverse off the ridge.One of my favorite shots of the trip - when you click to zoom look for Eric on the lower right.Scrambling the SW ridge.Mount Augusta's north face.Views off the ridge.
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