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reststep
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reststep
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 Tue Aug 14, 2007 6:06 pm |
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Thanks for the trip report. It sounds like you had a fantastic hike.
How was the fishing and swimming?
"The mountains are calling and I must go." - John Muir
"The mountains are calling and I must go." - John Muir
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Backpacker Joe
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Ha, like they had time for fishing..... Sure buddy..... 
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
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reststep
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Tue Aug 14, 2007 6:20 pm |
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Ha ha I don't know Joe but I'll bet Jeremy had his fishing pole with him. 
"The mountains are calling and I must go." - John Muir
"The mountains are calling and I must go." - John Muir
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Sabahsboy
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Tue Aug 14, 2007 7:23 pm Alpine Lakes Wilderness high routes
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Just plain "Wow!" Thank you for the TR and the sense of drama that you unfold with each day's procession across passes, ridges, snow banks and glissaded snowfields.
I have seen just an itsey-bitsey part of what you saw...and, like you, I saw it in less than optimal conditions, thanks to the recent eruption of Mt. St. Helens ('twas summer, 1980). There was a break in the clouds and I looked down on a serene Rowena Lake from Hinman. But, I sure wish I kept at it and did a lot more in that high country. Maybe too many trips on the ferrys to Olys? Now, let's see those photos and the lakes that were added to your life's list.
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Dayhike Mike
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| Backpacker Joe wrote: | | Ha, like they had time for fishing..... Sure buddy..... |
<grin> Yep. We did.
With Jeremey along, we were guaranteed some fishing.
With me along, we were guaranteed at least a little swimming.
We also had Curtis Rafts and floated around a couple of the lakes as well.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke
"Ignorance is natural. Stupidity takes commitment." -Solomon Short
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke
"Ignorance is natural. Stupidity takes commitment." -Solomon Short
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Yet
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Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:28 pm |
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And with Tish along, you were guaranteed 1300 pics!
Or at least that's what she says. 
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reststep
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reststep
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Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:31 pm |
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1300 pictures? Now I know where to go for route information.
"The mountains are calling and I must go." - John Muir
"The mountains are calling and I must go." - John Muir
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Schmidt Altitude
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Joined: 28 Mar 2007
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Sorry for the wait everyone.....we though DHM might have beat us to posting pics since he only had to sort through 600 instead of 1300.....   . Well, after much deliberation and a few hours spent staring at the computer screen, we have whittled down that huge number to just 176 for your viewing pleasure! Without further ado....let the lake show begin.....
DAY 1
 Clouds seeping over Lemahs from Middle Fork  Glacier Tarn  Glacier Lake  Rafting away the day  Ahh, this is the good life  Up the waterfall  We've got an icebox where our lake used to be....  Tisha and DHM enjoy the scenery  Home for the night  Four Brothers  Jeremy fishes "Aqua Chica"  Jaw-dropping colors  DHM goes Italian  Grebeci shows off its colors  Jeremy, fishing pole at ready  Now that's what we call pack service with a smile!  DHM demonstrates the proper way to enter a Curtis Raft  Jeremy and Tisha's feet enjoy Grebeci  The definition of turquoise  Burntboot Tarn  Eek! The DHM Monster emerges from the tarn's depths!  Mosquito bite relief  Cloudy Lemahs  Taocrevo  DHM points the way  Taocrevo  Above taocrevo  Sunset sea of clouds  Taocrevo tarns  Taocrevo northern lights  Taocrevo peak above the tarns  Goodnight, sun  Clouds and lights over Middle Fork  DHM above the Taocrevo tarns  Jeremy heads down from the pass, Drofwarc in the distance  DHM and Tisha at the pass  Jeremy chooses his footing carefully  Lunch spot  Spectacular falls  Drofwarc  Tarn by camp, summit chiefs behind  Jeremy fishes Drofwarc  Tisha at Drofwarc  Tisha bundles up for the weather  DHM says thumbs up for the weather!   Angeline and Azure below  Toowtehc to our left  Otter and Azurite colors  Jeremy makes some new friends  Guten tag, Nori Pac!  Both Tisha and her pack decide to color coordinate with Nori Pac A paler shade of green  The clouds lift a little for a view  Getting ready for more talus traversing!  Jeremy points the way to Nori Pac Gap  Single file to the tanks  Misty camp  The REI Half Dome catalog pose  The best part of waking up....is cocoa and coffee in your cup!  Foehn  Arrival at Tahl  Jeremy tries his luck fishing Tahl  Tisha at Tahl  Arrival at Bonnie  Bonnie  Jeremy and fish  Middle Fork vortex of clouds  DHM loves talus!!  Tisha inspects the mine  More snow and talus ahead - oh joy!  The "brassiere cloud" that enveloped Bears Breast for our entire journey!   Upper La Bohn tarn  Heading towards camp for the night!  Jeremy becomes one with the lake....in hopes of snagging more trout   Lower La Bohns  Upper La Bohn  Jeremy fishes upper La Bohn  Upper La Bohn  Still fishing at Middle La Bohn  La Bohn outlet  Lower La Bohn  Morning over Upper La Bohn  Tisha above Upper La Bohn  Hinman above  Heading to Lepul  DHM and Hinman  Hinman tarns  Hinman lake and Lepul  On Hinman ridge  Jeremy on Hinman ridge  Lepul and Hinman below  Tisha on Hinman ridge  Jeremy with Hinman summit behind  Tisha on shoulder of Hinman  Other side of Hinman summit  DHM on Foss Glacier  Jeremy on Foss Glacier  Tisha on Foss Glacier  Hinman and tarn  Jeremy above first Foss Glacier Lake  Falls into first Foss Glacier Lake  Tisha at first Foss Glacier Lake  Second Foss Glacier Lake  Second Foss Glacier Lake  Heading to Lower Foss Glacier pass  DHM traverses Lower Foss Glacier Lake  Lower Foss Glacier Lake  Heading to the pass  Up into the clouds  Lenticular cloud above the Citadel  DHM and Jeremy above Rebecca and Rowena  Tree and Rebecca  Destination: camp!  Tree and sunset  Rebecca with Bears Breast (finally!) poking out of the clouds  Jeremy above Rowena  Rowena  Rebecca  Rebecca  Tisha on the rock  DHM relaxes on a rock  Rebecca  Back at Rowena  Heading up  DHM smiles despite the climb up  Jeremy and DHM survive a little bit of climbing  Uhh...did we really sign up for this??  Rowena from the rib  The guys pose on the Rowreb rib (think Scooby Doo  )  Rowreb rib tarn  Rowreb rib tarn  More tarn views  Daniel and tarns  Looking back down to tarns  Happy to be back on trail.....for awhile!  Williams Lake  The three amigos at Williams Lake  Tisha is sure of which way to go now...  Now that's what we call refreshing!  Tisha and bathtub pool  Tarn above Dutch Miller Gap  Falls into Ivanhoe  Close encounters with a pika  View from Camp Ivanhoe  Lake Ivanhoe  Tisha with da' Breast behind  Heading up into the summit chief basin  First tarn  More uphill....who planned this trip??   Lake 5160  Lake 5160  Cooling off, DHM style  Citadel from Lake 5160  "We think this goes...."  Above Lake 5160  Jeremy above Summit Chief Lake  More map work in progress  Tarn above Summit Chief Lake  DHM and Tisha above Summit Chief Lake  Heading down  Jeremy at Summit Chief Lake  Summit Chief Lake  Daniel area from the lake  Tisha above the lake  Chimney Rock from Escondido Ridge  Chimney Rock  Schmidt Altitude on Escondido Ridge  The Summit Chiefs  Jeremy on Escondido Ridge  View back to Summit Chiefs  First Vista Tarn  Vista Tarns  Pounding the PCT  On the Pete Lake trail to home!  Schmidt Altitude is happy to be back to their car!
"Forest 101: These big wood stick things are called trees. The big rocks are called mountains, and the little rocks are their babies." Elliott from Open Season
"Forest 101: These big wood stick things are called trees. The big rocks are called mountains, and the little rocks are their babies." Elliott from Open Season
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Dayhike Mike
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Joined: 02 Mar 2003
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Yeah...I've been slacking. Suppose I should put mine up tomorrow.
Nice pics to both of you, Tish and Jeremey...really like that pika shot.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke
"Ignorance is natural. Stupidity takes commitment." -Solomon Short
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke
"Ignorance is natural. Stupidity takes commitment." -Solomon Short
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Solo Steve
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Joined: 07 Jun 2006
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Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:11 am |
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ActionBetty
Im a dirty hippie!
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Wed Aug 15, 2007 4:31 am |
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rocking pics!!!!
"If you're not living good, you gotta travel wide"...Bob Marley
"If you're not living good, you gotta travel wide"...Bob Marley
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Tom
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Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:12 am |
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Awesome stuff! You guys look way too good on day 9 though. Sure that's not day 1? 
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Trevor
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Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:43 am |
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Conrad
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Conrad
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Wed Aug 15, 2007 6:15 am |
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Wow. The ultimate ALW adventure.
One of my biggest off-trail adventures was a tiny piece of your trip, a half-day finding my way from Ivanhoe to Escondido Ridge. I'm in awe of all the steep-terrain navigation you did.
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yukon222
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Wed Aug 15, 2007 6:36 am |
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There is only 1 problem with such an adventure. Now that you have done the absolute best possible trip, what will you do for an encore? Siimply unbelievable experience. Looks like the weather was OK and probably helped not being 100% sunny the entire time. Did you lay out exact courses from area to area on the map or was it more of a case " well, we are here and can see it would be fun to slip thru that upper gap in the rock face so we can then amble over to the next lake"? Have you had a chance to count the official named lakes you visited? I guess the "Alpine Lakes Wilderness" turned out to be an appropriate name for the area.
Congratulations on a stupendous trip and making it back in fine shape!
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Triple plus good, that! Outstanding TR and pics. Makes me wish I didn't have to work -- EVER!
