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The morning sun shines on Boom Lake. |
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Jeff, Vern and Calvin slog up the
steep gully. |
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A stormy-looking sky hangs over Storm
Mountain. |
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Vern and Calvin take a break on the
ridge crest. The summit of Mount Bell is at upper right. |
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Calvin and Vern descend to the col.
At upper right is Chimney Peak. |
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Here is the view of Mount Bell from
near the col. |
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Calvin watches Vern ascending a cliff
band. |
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This is an outlier to the north of the
unnamed peak at GR638810. Visible in the distance at far left
is Television Peak. |
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Calvin scrambles up the south ridge of
Mount Bell. |
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A mountain goat casually walks along
the steep east face of Mount Bell. |
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Calvin bypasses some pinnacles on the
way up. |
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Calvin climbs up a knob to get some
photos of Boom Lake (not visible here). |
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A small cloud hovers over Mount Vaux
to the west. |
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Vern works his way along the summit
ridge. |
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Vern (small dot) reaches the summit of
Mount Bell. |
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Calvin, Sonny and Vern congregate
around the cairn on the 2909-metre summit of Mount Bell. |
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The view north includes Mount Temple,
Panorama Ridge and Mount Hector (distant right). |
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Mount Douglas and Mount St. Bride are
readily visible to the northeast. In the foreground is
Protection Mountain. |
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The full length of Castle Mountain can
be seen to the east. |
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Calvin pauses to admire the view along
the south ridge. At right is Mount Whymper. |
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Looking south, Mount Ball and Stanley
Peak are hard to ignore. |
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Calvin teeters on a crumbling
pinnacle. |
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Vern is either really sick or dead. |
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Calvin carefully descends a slope of
hard-packed dirt. |
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This is Boom Lake as seen from the
steep gully. |