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Photos from our August 2003 climb of Mt. Olympus. Photos taken by several climbers, photographer identified in the captions.

The milky Hoh River, made so by glacial silt. By Chris

The milky Hoh R

Todd, Duane, and Bob on a Hoh River bar. By Chris

Todd, Duane, an

Olympus Guard Station, at 9.1 miles. By Chris

Olympus Guard S

Our first glimpse of the Olympus massif, with Snow Dome visible far above. By Chris

Our first glimp

Prusiking practice near our camp. By Chris

Prusiking pract

Alpenglo on Olympus as we prepare to cross the Blue Glacier. By Duane

Alpenglo on Oly

Sunrise on the mountain from the Blue Glacier. By Chris

Starting across the glacier. By Duane

Starting across

Edward leads toward the Snow Dome. By Chris

Edward leads to

The Blue Glacier icefall from near the Snow Dome. By Chris

The Blue Glacie

Taking a break below the Snow Dome. By Duane

The Blue Glacier's icefall from near the Snow Domw. By Chris

The Blue Glacie

Edward heading toward the promised land, from south of the Snow Dome. By Chris

The view to the SW. By Chris

The view to the

Bob jumping one of the small crevasses south of the Five Fingers. By Duane

Bob jumping one

Edward, Chris, and Bob climbing the steep snow toward the summit block. By Duane

Bob removing Edward's protection on the summit pitch. By Duane

Bob removing Ed

The Snow Dome from the summit. By Bob

The Snow Dome f

Looking back down toward the lower Blue Glacier from the summit. By Bob

Looking back do

Chris on the summit. By someone using Chris's camera.

Chris on the su

Chris, Edward, and Bob on the summit. By someone using Chris's camera.

Edward, Neil, Todd, and Duane on the summit. By someone with Duane's camera

Edward, Neil, T

Bob signing the summit register. "...36th WA county highpoint...". By Duane

Bob signing the

The summit register with our entries. By Chris

The summit regi

Bob was the first one down, on his rope mind you. By Duane

Bob was the fir

Duane backs over the edge. By Chris

Duane backs ove

Chris backing over the lip. By Bob

Chris backing o

Neil coming over the edge. By Duane

Neil coming ove

Heading down the glacier. By Chris

Heading down th

Looking north near the Snow Dome. By Chris

Looking north n

Looking east across the lower Blue Glacier. By Chris

Looking east ac

The lower Blue Glacier and icefall. The Olympus summit is the rounded rock knob on the far right partially hidden by the closer terrain. By Bob

The Blue Glacier icefall. By Bob

The Blue Glacie