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knife-edged fun

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view of Mt Stewart and Tamarack Lake

First light on our accidental bivy ledge- if you're not comfortable simuling or soloing 5.7 exposed ridges for ~17 pitches, start early!

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Jul 16, 2013

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The Prism and Saber ridge from the approach.

looking back to the south

view of Mt Stewart and Tamarack Lake

knife-edged fun

First light on our accidental bivy ledge- if you're not comfortable simuling or soloing 5.7 exposed ridges for ~17 pitches, start early!

view to the south with the Prism on the right

final push

View of the second bump/headwall. Looks harder than it is.

view to the east

nearing the summit

looking down the route

looking down the low-angled slab start

Saber Ridge from Tamarack Lake

steep traversing the way I went for the first headwall

route start and end

view east past one of the gendarmes

Sitting on the ridge, soaking up the granite for days..

many options to surmount the first headwall

looking back at the Prism

the options for the second "bump"

near the end of the ridge

Scramble up the slabs to the start of the ridge.

Glacier Ridge and Deadman Canyon

Mt Stewart again

one of the easier bits