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Vern breaks trail towards Columbia, which is slowly getting larger. Key word is SLOWLY... It's still about 5km away at this point.Another panorama from the east side of the trench. Bryce on the left, Columbia in center and the Twins on the right.Leaving camp.Looking up the south face of Columbia.Looking back over the trench to the Twins, Stuts and Kitchener (R).The north face of the Lyells with Farbus at right.Mount Columbia at sunrise.The moon rises as I come up the trench on the way back to camp.Views back down the Bush River Valley from the top of the trench at sunset.Gorgeous views past Bryce to Cockscomb and Rostrum.A last look.At the ski drop.So is sad! :-) This is where he decided that he wouldn't be attempting Columbia. His hip flexors were shot from the 20km approachLooking back over a massive hole with Androlumbia at left.The approach meadows for King Edward at lower left here.Incredible views down the Bush River Valley. Giants visible include Bryce, Cockscomb and Chess GroupDescending back to the main icefield.Vern with our approach track, the trench and mounts Andromeda and Athabasca - which I'd climb in 2014 with Ferenc - in the background.Castleguard in front of Mount Saskatchewan.
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