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jrwirtz: Getting ready around midnight
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jrwirtz: Crampon time at top of Palmer
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jrwirtz: Illumination Rock at sunrise
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jrwirtz: Illumination Rock behind me
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jrwirtz: Getting lighter...
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jrwirtz: Looking towards Portland over the clouds
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jrwirtz: Light around Yocum Ridge
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jrwirtz: Yocum Ridge disappearing into the clouds
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jrwirtz: Yocum Ridge in the distance
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jrwirtz: Illumination Rock at daybreak
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jrwirtz: Me and Tom on the Reid Glacier
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jrwirtz: Looking up the Reid Glacier
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jrwirtz: Yocum Ridge
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jrwirtz: Looking down Reid Glacier
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jrwirtz: Looking up Leuthold Couloir
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jrwirtz: Me and Tom looking up the couloir (Illumination Rock in the background)
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jrwirtz: Ascending the couloir towards the hourglass
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jrwirtz: Yocum Ridge on the climb up
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jrwirtz: Nick climbing out of the clouds
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jrwirtz: View south towards Illumination Rock
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jrwirtz: An idea of how steep it was...
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jrwirtz: Tom leading the way up
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jrwirtz: Approaching the hourglass
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jrwirtz: Nick taking a break
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jrwirtz: Mt. Hood's peak reflected in the clouds
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jrwirtz: Looking a little tired on the way up the couloir
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jrwirtz: Almost to the hourglass
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jrwirtz: Pushing through the hourglass
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jrwirtz: View down couloir from above hourglass
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jrwirtz: View towards Portland from Queens Chair