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Dave and Blair on the ridge below me.On our first attempt a week previous, we were turned back by clouds / rain about 1/4 way up the tough stuff.Starting up the scree to the main access gully on Smuts from the pass.Blair and Dave make their way along the summit ridge of Smuts.Looking down to the Smutwood Col.Birdwood, Sir Douglas and King George (R) with Blair and Dave in the fg.Galatea, Chester, Kent Ridge and other peaks between Spray Lakes Road and Hwy 40 show up in the summer haze.Our second summit for the day will be The Fist - pretty small compared to Smuts!Dave, Vern and Blair at the summit of Smuts.Van Belliveau's memorial register with Assiniboine in the bg.Do not be lured into thinking the descent will be easy! This is the easy part on the upper ridge before the loose gully down the west face.An imposing Mount Birdwood rises behind Dave and Blair as they make their way up the ridge to the summit of Smuts.Birdwood Lakes are far below.Scramblers prepare to ascend The Fist from the Fist / Smuts col. I wonder if they know they're on camera!The Birdwood tarns are a gorgeous place to lollygag a warm summer afternoon away. Alas. We are peak baggers and don't lollygag enough.Van Belliveau is the first scrambler I've known personally who has died following his passion. A reminder that this sport can be deadly.You do *not* want to miss the ledge traverse out of the gully or you'll end up in bad terrain.Looking down the very steep west face of Smuts from a nice perch on the ridge - I'm already done the hard sections.The mighty Mount Assiniboine shows up over Morrison and Turner. Mount Shark at lower right.Blair and Dave make their way along the summit ridge of Smuts.
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