Memorial Day weekend, Mt. Langley Climb -- Sunset from In-n-out on the long drive up to Horseshoe Meadows.
Packing up camp from Friday night at Horseshoe Meadows
My 60lb pack, training for Denali
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1st bridge on the way to Cottonwood Lakes
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1st meadow at the Cottonwood lakes basin
We'll be camping just below the big wall just left of photo's center and climbing the boulder field in the middle.
Mt. Langley, tomorrow's destination
Lake 1 and New Army Pass
Lake #2
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Lake #3
Old Army Pass and lake 4
Our state fishy
A little bear
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Home at lake 5
Lakes 4 and 5
Bye bye sun
My "special" friend.
Kiss the cook
The old dude that got me started hiking and climbing is still kicking butt
Some early morning hikers turned back on the snow on Old Army Pass
Silly hikers forgot to take off their long-johns before we started climbing
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Climbing the boulder field above lake 5
Reminants of what used to be a glacier
Higher we go
I convinced these poor SOBs to climb in snow rather than boulders and dirt
Dad re-kicks my kick steps.
I almost look like I know what I'm doing.
14,042 feet. California's 9th highest peak.
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Whitney and Russel's east summit and arete
Carillon and Williamson (I took a picture from the other side looking back at Langley in August '06) =)
Looking down the Tuttle Creek valley/Northeast Couloir route I'd like to do some winter. The massive walls of Lone Pine Peak ridge to the north
Mt. Pickering, Sky Blue Lake, Mt. Newcomb, The Miter and Iridescent Lake
New Army Pass and Cirque Peak
