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Tim and Bill in The Enchantments, July 2006

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We hadn't seen even a sign of a single other human being on Friday until we spied these packs on the hike back to camp from Edward Peak. We never saw their owners, but assumed they were filtering water nearby (or something like that). Note the climbing helments and ice axes.
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We hadn't seen even a sign of a single other human being on Friday until we spied these packs on the hike back to camp from Edward Peak. We never saw their owners, but assumed they were filtering water nearby (or something like that). Note the climbing helments and ice axes.

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  • View from Prusik Pass, looking back at camp. Perfection Lake and Little A. in view as well.
  • Zoomed in view of prior photo -- yep, that's Mt. Adams!
  • No campfires (duh!), and our first view of Edward Peak/The Lost World Plateau (in the distance), taken from the top of Prusik Pass looking basically north.
  • Talk to anyone who's done a high alpine hike with me, and they'll tell you I have this thing for larch trees. Here are a bunch of them near the south end of Shield Lake.
  • Are we there yet? Bill checks the map just after we scramble to the top of Edward Peak.
  • Edward Peak lived up to its billing as The Lost World Plateau. We couldn't believe the lush vegetation at this elevation.
  • Nice wildflowers...
  • View looking back to the SE, towards the backside of The Temple. Check out that beautiful high alpine meadow (at 7300'!).
  • The Twin Sentinels. (Okay, I made that up.) Two nameless (at least on the maps I've seen) towers at the far NNW corner of Edward Peak.
  • As a stark contrast to the lush meadows covering much of Edward Peak, the far NW corner of it was this barren, almost desert-like football-field sized area.
  • More nameless features of Edward Peak -- these were on the NE corner.
  • Even in that desert-like area, small plants were thriving.
  • View back in the direction of camp (roughly south). From closest to farthest: Cannon Mountain, Enchantment Peak, Little A.
  • More plants in the super dry section.
  • Bill enjoys lunch and the view (but not the bugs). The Twin Sentinels stand guard, and Cashmere Mountain is in the background.
  • Here's a picture of the transition from desert-like dry conditions, to a few more plants, to the lush meadow in the distance, all over the course of about 200 feet.
  • We hadn't seen even a sign of a single other human being on Friday until we spied these packs on the hike back to camp from Edward Peak. We never saw their owners, but assumed they were filtering water nearby (or something like that). Note the climbing helments and ice axes.
  • Bill hikes along the beautiful shores of Shield Lake, with the backside of The Temple in view.
  • More wildflowers in the meadow along the lake.
  • A view back to Edward Peak/The Lost World Plateau. You can see the Twin Sentinels on the left side (but are there three of them?!).
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