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Taking off extra layers - the sun is getting warm now. We put the skis back on soon after this.King Edward and the Columbia River valley FAR below (2000+ meters!). Tsar, Clemenceau and many, many other peaks are in this stunning view.Preparing to descend to the North / South Twin Col.Mount Columbia casts an early morning shadow.Anton prepares to descend the east face. Unknown to him at this time, the area just above his head on South Twin's north ridge would be his prison in less than an hour.Descending to the South Twin col.Twins Tower and North Twin Peak.Note the shadow from Columbia? The Twins are also catching light now.Looking across South Twin's east face towards the Columbia Glacier plunging into Columbia Lake at the far side of the trench.Sunrise over the Twins.This is looking up the east face of West Twin from below! JW and I are at the top of the slope traversing off the face to climber's left. (Kevin Barton Photo)Looking back at Alberta, Twin's Tower, North Twin, Stutfield and South Twin from the summit of West Twin.Tsar Mountain is on my hit list.JW skis to the South / West Twin col. The summit of West Twin on upper left, Twin's Tower on upper right.The other rope team is happy to make the summit of West Twin! This is their first "Twin".Preparing to descend to the North / South Twin Col.There is a steep roll in the slope over the shoulder of South Twin.Off the face and looking along the summit ridge over at South Twin. You can spot the rocks we skied to on South Twin and the ice bulge where the crevasse incident happened.Looking off the east face of West Twin with Mount Bryce in the background and South Twin's summit on the left. This isn't even the steepest part!The graceful summit ridge of South Twin looks so easy from here. I thought for sure we'd be basically walking up it at this point.
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