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Lafayette from Agony Ridge

Franconia Ridge, July 2011

A return to one of my favorite hikes, with one of my new favorite people.
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stairs falls Stairs Falls.
Stairs falls Stairs Falls again.
Swiftwater falls Swiftwater falls.
Swiftwater falls Swiftwater Falls.
Cloudland Falls Cloudland Falls.
Cloudland Falls Smaranda at the foot of the falls.
Cloudland Falls Cloudland falls.
franconia stream The stream above the falls.
Shining Rock Shining Rock
Shining Rock Shining Rock
franconia fog Fog above treeline
franconia limpkin Some kind of biology study in progress.
Lincoln It was so foggy that we weren't sure when we reached the summit of Mt Lincoln; this may be closest.
lafayette Another high point, near the summit of Mt Lafayette.
Lafayette Summit marker on Mt lafayette.
Lafayette We're a little damp from the fog.
sandwort Mountain sandwort, Minuartia groenlandica, on Mt lafayette.
franconia ridge Walking down out of the fog.
franconia Smaranda getting a glimpse of a view.
franconia Artist's Bluff becoming visible.
franconia View of Artist's Bluff, the slopes of Cannon Mountain, and the Franconia area.
franconia Mt Lincoln.
spirea Meadowsweet, Spirea sp.
syrphid Syrphid fly on Meadowsweet.
franconia Smaranda posing on Agony Ridge
Lafayette That's Mt Lafayette in the background.
franconia anhinga Us in front of Mt lafayette.
franconia Smaranda in front of the Agonies.