and evening light from Darwin Benches base camp

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and evening light from Darwin Benches base camp

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descending Mt. Darwin

Darwin Lakes on the approach to basecamp.

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Aug 18, 2011

“and evening light from Darwin Benches base camp”

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Labeled panorama of Evolution Traverse, as seen from summit of Huxley after completing the traverse, July 2017.

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and evening light from Darwin Benches base camp

Darwin Lakes on the approach to basecamp.

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Evolution traverse Bivy sunset on Mt. Darwin

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Mike on the golden slab on our recon trip

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Mike heading toward 13,332 on our recon trip

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another aspect of 13,360

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