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Starting to wonder what the hell we're doing!Jon descends from the shoulder of Northover down towards the Northover Lakes before we'll go to the left and back to camp.Jon leans into our third peak of the day up the lower section of Northover's south ridge.The lower ridge is delightful scrambling on easy slab and grass. The summit is just visible here - already threatening us!Vern delicately balances over an 'easy' section of the south ridge - compared to the crux anyway!Things start to get serious on the south ridge.Unbelievable exposure down the SW face of Northover as Jon clambers up the crack that I found, leading to the summit. Northover Lakes far below.A short traverse to the south summit - the Northover Ridge route below and trending right with Onslow and Defender in the bg.Jon crosses the south ridge of Northover.GULP. Yeah! Let's do this thing.Almost off the difficult stuff while descending the west face of Northover to the shoulder - which is out of sight to the left here.Jon balances up a narrow rib. Shortly after this we would once again pow wow on what the hell we were doing!This section of the trail around Aster Lake could result in wet feet if you're not careful!Jon is happy to be hiking on easy terrain again. Sarrail and Foch in the bg.On the west shoulder of Northover with Warrior at left.Looking at this photo makes me wonder why we thought doing this peak via this route after a grueling two days and on empty stomachs was a good idea!Jon hikes back across the south ridge of Northover on the way back to our Aster Lake camp.Great fall colors around Aster Lake.Interesting lighting as the sun sets to the west.This is the face that I peered through my feet down as I struggled up the summit block high above.
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