Volcanic Lakes Loop

I dropped over the saddle and down large talus and granite slabs, jogging along a babbling mountain stream, brimming with scrub and overripe wildflowers, arriving at the Volcanic Lakes basin. A dozen lakes of various sizes sat in yawning bowls of polished granite, their outlets flowing along the sturdy canyons and dropping off out of site to the Middle Fork Kings.

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Sky Blue Lake Peak

Alas, after several weeks of searching, I’ve been unable to find my SD card from this trip…

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Candlelight Peak

Iris shouted up “Ooh! AJ’s going for bonus points!” Apparently there was a much easier route down, but I was enjoying the climb and it seemed like the more complicated climbing was successfully distracting my mind from the pain in my legs.

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East Spur

Sean had written that he summited at 10:40 am, more than three hours earlier! Even better, according to the entry, he’d left some cookies for us!

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Kearsarge Pinnacle #8

I was ecstatic to make it to the summit and officially be a 5.easy climber!

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