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The day before we scouted the route from the summit of a nearby peak
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The day before we scouted the route from the summit of a nearby peak

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  • This motley crew left the Chalet around 9AM to climb to the Icefield Col<br />
Dixie, Bruce, Bernie, Glennis, Yosef, Peter
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  • The last day of our work party we left the Chalet to traverse the Campbell Icefields
  • The day before we scouted the route from the summit of a nearby peak
  • Dixie's first mountaineering trip
  • Dr. Thorsell photographed the wild flowers overlooking the icefields
  • Yosef - learned to climb
  • we arrived on the Icefields with a new fresh layer of snow
  • incredible cloud formations in the background as we traversed the ice
  • we were on the lookout for dangerous mill holes
  • falling into one of these - there is no hope of rescue
  • Dixie feels more comfortable everyday in a mountain environment
  • geology an artist would love
  • arriving at the lake we descended the left bank of the far right fork
  • we glissaded small patches of snow - bring an ice axe
  • we carefully descended this rib all the way to the bottom
  • wildflowers in full bloom
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