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Recondite (L) and Augusta (R) reflect in the alpine tarn near our bivy site.Big, loose terrain with big views to match!Scrambling the SW ridge.Starting our access to the SW ridge from our bivy site.Views off the ridge towards Augusta.Eric negotiates an exposed and very loose traverse off the ridge.Descending slabs in the rain.The terrain on Recondite is ridiculously loose and everything is, of course, on an angle so that you have to stay very alert the whole time.[Looking back at Steven and Eric ascending the sw ridge with the bivy site and lake far below already.A deep view down the Martin Creek Valley to the east.Scrambling down the chossy ridge.The brilliant tarn by our bivy.I knocked some huge rocks off an up-climb on this section.Eric and Ben set up the rap on the southeast side in this view looking back from just under the summit.Scrambling the SW ridge.Views off the ridge.Mount Augusta.Back on the ridge proper, this is the tower we've been avoiding by traversing the south face just under the ridge.Mount Augusta's north face.Views off the ridge.
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