Mount Conness, September 20, 2012

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<td width="268"><a href="pages/page_121.html"><img src="thumbnails/s121.jpg" width="170" height="113" border="0" hspace="49" vspace="0" alt="We descended through The Notch."></a></td>
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<td width="268"><a href="pages/page_123.html"><img src="thumbnails/s123.jpg" width="170" height="113" border="0" hspace="49" vspace="0" alt="Bill picks his way down the rocky slope."></a></td>
<td width="268"><a href="pages/page_124.html"><img src="thumbnails/s124.jpg" width="170" height="113" border="0" hspace="49" vspace="0" alt="Stella and Bill pump water from the stream into a bladder."></a></td>
<td width="268"><a href="pages/page_125.html"><img src="thumbnails/s125.jpg" width="170" height="113" border="0" hspace="49" vspace="0" alt="View down Hall Valley from the bowl beneath the cirque."></a></td>
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<td width="268"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="0"><tr><td align="center"><small class="title">We descended through The Notch.</small><br><small class="date">2012/09/20 15:44:11</small></td></tr></table></td>
<td width="268"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="0"><tr><td align="center"><small class="title">Stella makes her way down a chute while Bill continues the next phase of the descent.</small><br><small class="date">2012/09/20 15:56:13</small></td></tr></table></td>
<td width="268"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="0"><tr><td align="center"><small class="title">Bill picks his way down the rocky slope.</small><br><small class="date">2012/09/20 16:16:42</small></td></tr></table></td>
<td width="268"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="0"><tr><td align="center"><small class="title">Stella and Bill pump water from the stream into a bladder.</small><br><small class="date">2012/09/20 16:53:41</small></td></tr></table></td>
<td width="268"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="0"><tr><td align="center"><small class="title">View down Hall Valley from the bowl beneath the cirque.</small><br><small class="date">2012/09/20 17:06:40</small></td></tr></table></td>
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<td width="268"><a href="pages/page_126.html"><img src="thumbnails/s126.jpg" width="170" height="113" border="0" hspace="49" vspace="0" alt="View down into Hall Valley from the cirque"></a></td>
<td width="268"><a href="pages/page_127.html"><img src="thumbnails/s127.jpg" width="170" height="113" border="0" hspace="49" vspace="0" alt="Brown chunky vomit?  Or iron oxide leaching into the wet soil?"></a></td>
<td width="268"><a href="pages/page_128.html"><img src="thumbnails/s128.jpg" width="170" height="113" border="0" hspace="49" vspace="0" alt="Stella stops to adjust her sticks."></a></td>
<td width="268"><a href="pages/page_129.html"><img src="thumbnails/s129.jpg" width="170" height="113" border="0" hspace="49" vspace="0" alt="Frank and Stella using their sticks on the descent through Hall Valley"></a></td>
<td width="268"><a href="pages/page_130.html"><img src="thumbnails/s130.jpg" width="170" height="113" border="0" hspace="49" vspace="0" alt="View up to the east ridge of Mt. Conness"></a></td>
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<td width="268"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="0"><tr><td align="center"><small class="title">View down into Hall Valley from the cirque</small><br><small class="date">2012/09/20 17:06:46</small></td></tr></table></td>
<td width="268"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="0"><tr><td align="center"><small class="title">Brown chunky vomit?  Or iron oxide leaching into the wet soil?</small><br><small class="date">2012/09/20 17:10:15</small></td></tr></table></td>
<td width="268"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="0"><tr><td align="center"><small class="title">Stella stops to adjust her sticks.</small><br><small class="date">2012/09/20 17:24:59</small></td></tr></table></td>
<td width="268"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="0"><tr><td align="center"><small class="title">Frank and Stella using their sticks on the descent through Hall Valley</small><br><small class="date">2012/09/20 17:41:57</small></td></tr></table></td>
<td width="268"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="0"><tr><td align="center"><small class="title">View up to the east ridge of Mt. Conness</small><br><small class="date">2012/09/20 17:55:08</small></td></tr></table></td>
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<td width="268"><a href="pages/page_131.html"><img src="thumbnails/s131.jpg" width="170" height="113" border="0" hspace="49" vspace="0" alt="Stella and Bill climb back up the clinkers to Saddlebag Lake."></a></td>
<td width="268"><a href="pages/page_132.html"><img src="thumbnails/s132.jpg" width="170" height="113" border="0" hspace="49" vspace="0" alt="A brilliant sunset against the clouds over the south ridge of Conness, a fitting way to end the hike."></a></td>
<td width="268"><a href="pages/page_133.html"><img src="thumbnails/s133.jpg" width="170" height="113" border="0" hspace="49" vspace="0" alt="End of the hike photo"></a></td>
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<td width="268"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="0"><tr><td align="center"><small class="title">Stella and Bill climb back up the clinkers to Saddlebag Lake.</small><br><small class="date">2012/09/20 18:55:05</small></td></tr></table></td>
<td width="268"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="0"><tr><td align="center"><small class="title">A brilliant sunset against the clouds over the south ridge of Conness, a fitting way to end the hike.</small><br><small class="date">2012/09/20 19:05:27</small></td></tr></table></td>
<td width="268"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="0"><tr><td align="center"><small class="title">End of the hike photo</small><br><small class="date">2012/09/20 19:14:05</small></td></tr></table></td>
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Stella makes her way down a chute while Bill continues the next phase of the descent.

Bill picks his way down the rocky slope.

Stella and Bill pump water from the stream into a bladder.

View down Hall Valley from the bowl beneath the cirque.

We descended through The Notch.
2012/09/20 15:44:11

Stella makes her way down a chute while Bill continues the next phase of the descent.
2012/09/20 15:56:13

Bill picks his way down the rocky slope.
2012/09/20 16:16:42

Stella and Bill pump water from the stream into a bladder.
2012/09/20 16:53:41

View down Hall Valley from the bowl beneath the cirque.
2012/09/20 17:06:40

View down into Hall Valley from the cirque

Brown chunky vomit? Or iron oxide leaching into the wet soil?

Frank and Stella using their sticks on the descent through Hall Valley

View up to the east ridge of Mt. Conness

View down into Hall Valley from the cirque
2012/09/20 17:06:46

Brown chunky vomit? Or iron oxide leaching into the wet soil?
2012/09/20 17:10:15

Stella stops to adjust her sticks.
2012/09/20 17:24:59

Frank and Stella using their sticks on the descent through Hall Valley
2012/09/20 17:41:57

View up to the east ridge of Mt. Conness
2012/09/20 17:55:08

Stella and Bill climb back up the clinkers to Saddlebag Lake.

A brilliant sunset against the clouds over the south ridge of Conness, a fitting way to end the hike.

Stella and Bill climb back up the clinkers to Saddlebag Lake.
2012/09/20 18:55:05

A brilliant sunset against the clouds over the south ridge of Conness, a fitting way to end the hike.
2012/09/20 19:05:27

End of the hike photo
2012/09/20 19:14:05