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Yours truly on the summit of Middle Sister

Edward Earl standing on the summit boulder of Middle Sister. North Sister is in the background.

Edward Earl sta

South Sister on the right, Broken Top on the left, and Mt. Bachelor between, from the summit of Middle Sister.

South Sister on

Closeup of North Sister from Middle Sister

Closeup of Nort

Clouds forming over South Sister

Duane Gilliland on left and Joel Mickelwait in the center enjoying their summit siesta on Middle Sister

Duane Gilliland

North Sister from Middle Sister. Our climbing and descent route was the snowy rib below

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Crevasses on the Hayden Glacier on Middle Sister

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The context of those crevasses. That's Broken Top behind.

On the SE ridge of North Sister. At a clumsy moment I dropped one of my poles over the edge. Duane was kind enough to jump down off the ridge and retrieve it for me.

On the SE ridge

Snow bergs and incredible blue

Interesting colors on the terrain to our north. Note Mt. Hood in the distance on the right.

Interesting col

South Sister from the SE ridge of North Sister. This shows the context of the snow bergs.

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The Hayden Glacier and Middle Sister from the SE ridge of North Sister

The Hayden Glac

Here's one reason we carry a rope. Jeremy got into a tough spot and didn't feel good about ascending the loose junk without a belay.

Here's one reas

Jeremy scrambles out of trouble.

Jeremy scramble

I didn't take pictures of the "Terrible Traverse" or the "Bowling Alley" on the ascent, so my next pic shows Greg Phillips on the summit and Duane Gilliland ready to ascent the summit block.

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Greg Phillips flashes the thumbs up from the summit of North Sister

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Looking back at the "Bowling Alley" from the summit of North Sister. Note our blue rope coiled at the rappel station.

Looking back at

We rappelled the Bowling Alley. This is Duane going over the edge.

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Duane posing as he hangs over the edge.

Duane posing as

Joel Mickelwait waits at the start of the Terrible Traverse on our descent. The Collier Glacier is below.

Joel Mickelwait

Looking straight down at the Collier Glacier from the Terrible Traverse

Looking straigh

Jeremy waits while Joel works his way across the Terrible Traverse. Edward, seen at the far end, had placed the rope with a belay from Greg.

Jeremy waits wh

Looking back after I crossed the Terrible Traverse, Edward belays Greg across. Greg would apparently have been just as comfortable out there without the rope. Some people.....

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Duane exiting the Terrible Traverse.

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Duane is visible in the lower left-hand portion of the photo just below the cliffs of North Sister's southern pinnacle. The true summit is hidden behind.

Duane is visibl

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