Approaching the summit of K2
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Scrambling on surprisingly solid rock on the 4th class ridge
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The ridge continues for over a mile
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Big exposure on the ridge
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K2 (foreground) and Capitol
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The long ridge. The saddle from where we came is just above the green grass on the low point of the Capitol-Daly saddle
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Capitol from the summit of K2
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Beckie beginning the knife edge
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Traversing the knife edge on Capitol
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More scrambling on the way to the summit of Capitol
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The summit tower
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RCR
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Pierre Lakes Basin from the summit of Capitol
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Summit smiles
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The Snowmass-Capitol connecting ridge. Looks loose...
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A sea of snow, water and rock below
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Capitol
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Standing on the knife edge
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Beckie on the edge
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RCR returning across the ridge
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Ridges all around
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Glissading off of K2
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We traversed a few snowfields on the way back to the saddle
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Summertime...
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Old man
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Capitol Lake and our camp on the forested knoll (lower right)
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Yellow
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Capitols NW Buttress in profile
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Queens crown
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