Mt. Humboldt (left)
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Sunset over Crestone Needle
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2nd breakfast
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Kyle suspects the mountain is listening to his brain waves
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Chillax
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Summit of Humboldt!
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Lunch
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Kyle takes no prisoners!
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Sunrise on the Needle
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Most of the route up Humboldt, as seen from the Needle route
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Looking towards the top of Broken Hand Pass
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Traverse behind the Needle
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Chillax with Humboldt
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Scott enters the traverse back from the West Gully
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Cheers!
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Danny is crushing Jake
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Danny on the shoulder
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a toast
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Looking down from the crux climb on Broken Hand Pass
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West Gully
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West Gully
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Exhausted but Happy Danny
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Danny in his natural environment
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Jake is scared of the chipmunk
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Jake and Crestone Peak
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Looking up the shoulder of Mt. Humboldt
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Kyle and the final summit ridge
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Rob and his nemesis
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Humboldt Summit Team
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John, Scott, and John's shortcut
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Down, down, down
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Broken Hand Peak
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Mt Humboldt from summit of Crestone Needle
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Every view's a postcard
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Crestone & Upper So. Colony Lake
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Spot Kyle
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Farewell
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The bandit
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Climbing on Broken Hand
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Yes, dear. Yes, dear. Yes, dear.
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Grrrr!
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Hiking in
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View from camp
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Danny, tired but not beaten
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Success :)
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The crux pitch of the climb
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The lake bekons
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Cottonwood Lake
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Scott in the East Gully
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Summit #4 - Crestone Needle (14,197)
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Departure morning
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Jake feels.......
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There he is!
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Summit #3 - Mt. Humboldt (14,064)
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Scott on Broken Hand Pass
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Above the West Gully
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Pause before the real climb
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I'll trade you....
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COLD swim!
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Jake whittles a shiv to try to escape
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