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| Mike Becwar and Mark Baron, heading towards Point of Arches, on the WA coast. |
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| John Lockwood, Owner and designer of Pygmy Boats paddling off of Hobuck Beach. |
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| Kim Frasher, and Mark Baron, with Point of Arches between. |
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| Kim Frasher explores the rocks around Point of Arches. |
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| Shi Shi Beach and our boats. |
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| The view from Shi shi. |
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| Mark Baron heading back to Hobuck after playing in the rocks and waves. |
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Mountains peek from the clouds from the Royal Basin Trail asit crosses a meadow/avalanche shoot.
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(Left) Lupine are just beginning to bloom, due to a lateseason and a cool summer. (Right)Heading towards our high camp in upper Royal Basin, the clouds envelopeeverything.
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Our base camp at sunrise, lucky as the sun’s rays hit thesky the clouds dispersed and we were able to see Mt. Deception (left) and MartinPeak right. Deception is the second highest peak in the Olympics, but Martin appearslarger due to its proximity.
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Wispy clouds catch early light as the sun rises.
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(Left) Leif Whittaker looks up at Martin Peak, Deception isto his right just out of sight. (Right) here I look down the snow gully weclimbed to get almost to the summit ridge. The snow was very steep, about 60degrees at times but solid.
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View of the Needles from the summit of Mt. Deception.
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(Left) Sam Nowak stands on the summit of Mt. Deception.
(Right) Leif Whittaker strikes his summit pose.
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The view from the top, the Needles to the right and RoyalBasin stretching below.
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Freya Fennwood and Leif Whittaker with summit smiles.
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Our rout from base camp to summit.
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