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| We simul-climbed some with Steve in the lead, clipping but not stopping at the belay/rap stations he passed. |
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| Back into the shade - Steve on lead.
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| More sun with elevation - we weren't racing the sun; instead, we reveled in the fleeting bits of warmth it almost provided. |
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| Steve leading a steepish icy bit. |
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| Steve surmounting an ice step.
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| Sweet views that got sweeter as we climbed higher. |
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| Steve about to re-enter the shade for a while. |
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| A little fuzzy, but you get the idea: steep, fun ice as far as the eyes can see! Kind of narrow even though we were still far below the actual 'Narrows.' The ice was solid and even thick enough for short ice screws (pic courtesy of Steve Towne).
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| More excellent snow and ice coming up the 3rd pitch (pic courtesy of Steve Towne). |
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| Good snow and excellent ice - we were having fun. |
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| Although you can't see his face, I'm sure Steve was smiling as he climbed this. |
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| The next lead was more of the styrofoam-snow-under-soft-snow combo topped off by a steep icy slot. |
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| My lead was a bit of steep ice (below Steve in this pic) followed by squeaky styrofoam-like snow under some soft stuff. Easy cruising terrain - we were all smiles! |
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| Steve at the 1st belay above the steep snow and the rock crux. Pro for this bit of climbing was a solid screw in good ice and a trustworthy #1 camalot in the rock. |
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| Steve starting up the 1st pitch of 'Shaken, Not Stirred.' |
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| We talked with Adam and Rick for quite a while, waiting to see and take pictures of a TAT plane arriving to pick up some of the other climbers from camp. The climbers and their gear are near the top end of the air strip; our tent is one of those up to the |
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| 'Shaken, Not Stirred.' |
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| Adam and Rick hanging out on the Incisor with Mt. Dickey in the background. |
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| Picnic time on the Incisor. The tiny figure on the rocks is either Adam or Rick. The Incisor is a great point from which to view Mt. Dickey and other peaks along the Great Gorge (the N-S stretch of the Ruth Glacier), watch planes fly by and land on the Ro |
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| Many hours and some 25 or more rappels later, we were back on the approach slope of what had become very rotten snow. |
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| Down and down and down for hours and hours... |
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| Mounts Dickey, Bradley, Wake, Johnson, Grosvenor, and Church (from right to left). |
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| Heading back - note the increasing overcast (pic courtesy of Steve Towne). |
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| Camp down on the Root Canal Glacier at around 7,350' and the Ruth Glacier thousands of feet lower still (pic courtesy of Steve Towne). |
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| Steve on top of the Moose's Tooth! |
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