Michael Minaret

Tue, Sep 30, 2003

With: Dave Daly

Romain Wacziarg

Michele Beatty

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later climbed Sat, Aug 5, 2006

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Riegelhuth Minaret	Indian Paintbrush at Minaret Lake	Lemmon's Paintbrush	Dave pauses at Minaret Lake
Minarets over Minaret Lake	Burned trees	Packing the plaque	Route to South Notch
Clyde Minaret	Volcanic Ridge over Cecile Lake	Clyde's East Face	Starting up the glacier
Leaving the plaque in the Amphitheater	Cecile Lake from South Notch	Next day at Amphitheater Lake	Amphitheater Chute
Dave attempts the first lead	View from the base of the third chockstone	The traverse between Eichorn's and Michael's Chutes	Traverse down from the notch
Placing the plaque	Michael's NW Face, left side	Michael's NW Face, right side	Romain at the plaque
Scrambling down Michael's Chute	View down Michael's Chute	A rappel at the top chockstone	Another rappel
Romain heads down the fourth and last rappel	The cirque SW of Michael Minaret	The sun sets	Sunrise
Stop for water	Sunrise over Ediza Lake	Our bivy site	The high alpine valley
Iceberg Lake	View east from camp	View west from camp	Packing up to leave
Sun peeks out above Clyde Minaret	Another view east	Romain talks to the SAR team	SAR team using their radios

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