Looking down the Kautz Glacier Route from Halfway up the steep ice pitch section.

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Looking down the Kautz Glacier Route from Halfway up the steep ice pitch section.

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Crossing a endless bottom Crevasse in the snowfield near the top

A Lenticular cloud seen after topping out the Kautz Ice Chutes

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Tom Woods

Jul 25, 2008

“Looking down the Kautz Glacier Route from Halfway up the steep ice pitch section.”

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