Early June 2016 a couple days after a storm. Beautiful conditions.

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Early June 2016 a couple days after a storm. Beautiful conditions.

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The moment at which you finally leave the gully and gain the beautiful ridge!

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Hunter

Aug 18, 2016

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Sea of BC Granite!!

Early June 2016 a couple days after a storm. Beautiful conditions.

The moment at which you finally leave the gully and gain the beautiful ridge!

hiding from the sudden thunder storm on the ridge of emerson

the rock rib was much more pleasant to descend than the scree

Mid way up the Gully!

hannah getting psyched on the ridge traverse

Alpine Moonscape!

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Oh the beautiful exposure!

Jascha on the crux

High on Emerson!

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Embracing the exposure on the final ridge.

We may have gained the summit ridge a tad low but it went.

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