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Climbing out of the glacial bowl. The loose rock band above separates the glacier from the L-shaped col.
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Mt Sill Swiss Arete is on the left. This was taken from Gayley Camp by Tristan Sieleman.
Dawn climbing to the notch where the real climbing begins!
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Sam Prentice
Jun 25, 2010
“Climbing out of the glacial bowl. The loose rock band above separates the glacier from the L-shaped col.”  

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