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#25106 - 06/15/12 07:44 AM Mt. Russell Trip Report & Photos
calicokat Registered: 05/31/11 Posts: 26 Loc: Ventura County, Ca	Climbed up to Mt. Russell last Saturday (June 9). The ridge is free of snow, no gear needed. Scree Slope To The Saddle [img]http://calicokat.smugmug.com/Hiking/Sierra-Nevada/Mt-Russell/i-2jdRKrg/0/M/IMG2470-M.jpg[/img] [img]http://calicokat.smugmug.com/Hiking/Sierra-Nevada/Mt-Russell/i-Fp3xFzd/0/M/IMG2527-M.jpg[/img] [img]http://calicokat.smugmug.com/Hiking/Sierra-Nevada/Mt-Russell/i-z9z5Z2D/0/M/IMG2531-M.jpg[/img] [img]http://calicokat.smugmug.com/Hiking/Sierra-Nevada/Mt-Russell/i-Vjv5bLF/0/M/IMG2539-M.jpg[/img] [img]http://calicokat.smugmug.com/Hiking/Sierra-Nevada/Mt-Russell/i-w5HMb5k/0/M/IMG2544-M.jpg[/img] [img]http://calicokat.smugmug.com/Hiking/Sierra-Nevada/Mt-Russell/i-dHBWvG7/0/M/IMG2547-M.jpg[/img] [img]http://calicokat.smugmug.com/Hiking/Sierra-Nevada/Mt-Russell/i-c4dgcpL/0/M/IMG2550-M.jpg[/img] [img]http://calicokat.smugmug.com/Hiking/Sierra-Nevada/Mt-Russell/i-BrLvKcH/0/M/IMG2553-M.jpg[/img] [img]http://calicokat.smugmug.com/Hiking/Sierra-Nevada/Mt-Russell/i-c3JZZnj/0/M/IMG2564-M.jpg[/img] [img]http://calicokat.smugmug.com/Hiking/Sierra-Nevada/Mt-Russell/i-g2kwzpb/0/M/IMG2612-M.jpg[/img] [img]http://calicokat.smugmug.com/Hiking/Sierra-Nevada/Mt-Russell/i-HDwGj2T/0/M/IMG2617-M.jpg[/img]
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#25107 - 06/15/12 08:03 AM Re: Mt. Russell Trip Report & Photos [Re: calicokat]
CaT WHA member Registered: 09/24/09 Posts: 692 Loc: Blacklick, OH (formerly SoCal)	Great pics. Thanks for sharing. One of these days, I hope to do this route. CaT _________________________ If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them more than the miracle of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it. - Lyndon Johnson, on signing the Wilderness Act into law (1964)
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#25215 - 06/19/12 06:17 AM Re: Mt. Russell Trip Report & Photos [Re: CaT]
calicokat Registered: 05/31/11 Posts: 26 Loc: Ventura County, Ca	Thank you. With the right beta, it isn't that bad. The sand slog from Clyde Meadow was the most difficult physically taxing part of the day.
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#25260 - 06/20/12 06:11 PM Re: Mt. Russell Trip Report & Photos [Re: calicokat]
Quentinc Registered: 04/26/12 Posts: 5 Loc: So Cal	The second photo from the end is particularly wonderful. Where did you get the beta? Both times I've done it have presented their own different challenges. I guess figuring it out is part of the fun.
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#25264 - 06/20/12 08:29 PM Re: Mt. Russell Trip Report & Photos [Re: calicokat]
2600fromatari WHA member Registered: 10/18/10 Posts: 301 Loc: Mars	[quote=calicokat]Thank you. With the right beta, it isn't that bad. The sand slog from Clyde Meadow was the most difficult physically taxing part of the day. [/quote] Got that right!!! Don't worry about the exposure, that sand/scree slog is what's going to make you want to quit.
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