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At the trailhead - Michael pauses for the obligatory "before" photo.
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Trailhead again - Justyna "before." Notice lack of frost in hair.
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This is an example of retaliatory photo-taking. I was wedged into a somewhat tricky spot halfway
up a boulder, and Michael made me wait while he dug his big honkin' camera out of his bag, attached
the flash, ... I took this shot out of boredom, really.
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At this point we weren't exactly sure where we were (somewhere on the south shoulder of the mountain)
but at least we were on a trail.
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Freezing rain plus diffuse light + reddish bits on the branches -> interesting translucent effects.
Didn't quite capture it in the photo, though.
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The fog got really thick at the summit (plus I was busy trying to find a. the summit b. a way up that
didn't involve too much vertical climbing up icy rocks c. anything that might have been a trail), so I didn't take
any photos there. This shot gives an idea what the conditions were like, though.
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This was taken when the fog was actually lifting a bit, and we got a "view" ahead.
By the way, this is also taken somewhere northwest of the summit (ie, opposite side from where we wanted to be)
because we were so happy to reach the summit and find some footprints to follow, we forgot to check the
compass as we went down.
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The footsteps we had foolishly followed (plus our own). They're right there, see 'em?
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Notice the shape of the backpack outlined in rime on Michael's jacket.
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