trailhead - it's just stopped hailing - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
looking up South Fork Big Pine Creek - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Carol next to the creek - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Josh next to the creek - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
ranger hut along the way - look at those petit little packs! - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Josh and Carol by the ranger hut - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Carol smiling in front of our first view of Temple Crag - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Josh taking a break by 2nd lake - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Carol beaming, Temple Crag in the background - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Temple Crag again - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Josh in front of Temple Crag & 3rd lake - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Carol at our first camp at 3rd lake - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
teeth - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
first view of the Palisades ridgeline, left to right: Mt Sill, Polemonium, North Palisade, Starlight - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
creek crossing above 3rd lake - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
on the trail above 3rd lake - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
just below Sam Mack meadow - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Carol in Sam Mack meadow - just before we lose the trail! - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Josh in Sam Mack meadow, about to go off trail! - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
looking back down on Sam Mack meadow and the trail we had just abandoned - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
some scrambling on ice and snow ensued - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
the scrambling continues - great shot of the clouds whipping over the ridgeline, Sill, Polemonium, North Palisade, Starlight and Thunderbolt peaks all in view - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
more of the same - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
more scrambling, North Palisade and Starlight on the left, Thunderbolt on the right - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
cool ice formation passed along the way - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
more cool ice - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
ditto - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
again - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
repeat - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
ice - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
still scrambling - Thunderbolt in view - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
we get to the notch and - we're way too far north! - nice view of the seldom seen north side of Thunderbolt peak and Palisade glacier - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
more scrambling to do to get over the hump to the left in this shot - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
nice closeup of North Palisade and Starlight, U-notch on the left, Clyde couloir in the middle - note the fresh snow on the rock - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
great shot of Sill - the North Couloir and Swiss Arete are out of view around the left hand side - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
the sun shining down on Thunderbolt - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Palisade Glacier, North Palisade and Starlight peaks, with the U-notch and V-notch - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
moraine lake at the base of the glacier - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Carol - happy not to be scrambling with that pack anymore! - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
North Palisade, Starlight and Thunderbolt at dawn the next morning - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
our tent - strapped to a rock, the flatest thing around - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Mt. Sill before we set out, the L glacier/snowfield and North Couloir in view above Glacier Notch - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Josh geared up to go, Mt. Sill in the background - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
North Pal and Starlight from the glacier - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
looking up the glacier at the scramble up to glacier notch - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Josh on the glacier - crampons are fun! - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Carol on the glacier - much more poise than Josh - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
looking up at Carol and the scramble up Glacier Notch - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Carol scrambling up to the notch - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Josh in the notch at the base of the L patch - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
looking down at the glacier and moraine lake from the notch - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
looking down the L patch, camera strap in the way (doh!) - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
looking up the ice field at what we still have to climb - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
looking down at what we just climbed - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Carol resting as we take our crampons off - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
from the top of the North Couloir, looking across at North Pal and Starlight - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
looking down the North Couloir at the L patch again - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
looking across at North Pal and Starlight again - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
looking up at the 3rd/4th class scramble - note: the pictures stop here until later, as it got both cold and more precarious trying to climb the north side of Sill, and I forgot to take pictures! - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
coming back down - putting on the crampons to downclimb the glacier - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
looking down the glacier - almost home - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
looking back up at Sill - we were so close! - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
alpenglow on the face of Starlight and Thunderbolt - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
alpenglow on Mt. Sill - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
alpenglow on Sill and Starlight, full view of the glacier - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
alpenglow on Sill again - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
North Pal and Starlight with alpenglow - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
the tent, lashed to a boulder - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
another shot of the infamous tent - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
good morning Carol! - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Carol hiking out - on trail this time! - looking down on 1st, 2nd and 3rd lakes - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Josh hiking out - dieing with that pack - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Josh back at Sam Mack meadow - oh, so that's where we were supposed to turn left! - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Carol looking great in Sam Mack meadow - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
another awesome view of Temple Crag - we've got to climb that! - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Temple Crag again with a beam of sunlight - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
3rd lake - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
I just can't get over Temple Crag - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
a dear that crossed the trail right in front of us - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
another shot of the doe - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
the doe turns to look at us! - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Carol on the hike out, with a great smile - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Josh on the hike out - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
almost back to the trailhead - a nice shot of Norman Clyde glacier - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Norman Clyde glacier, and I think Middle Palisade and Norman Clyde peaks - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Carol the next day - dayhiking Langley - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
our first view of Langley - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
1st lake (of the Cottonwood Lakes) - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Carol, with Langley in the background - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Josh next to an unnamed lake, Langley in the background - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Josh in front of the lake again - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Carol above 3rd lake - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Carol again above 3rd lake - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Carol and Josh at 4th lake - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
us again at 4th lake - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
the gentleman operating the camera was a bit old - us again at 3rd lake :) - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Josh at the top of Old Army Pass - a bit windy - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Carol at the top of Old Army Pass - hidden in her jacket - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
looking up the ridge at Langley - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Carol hiding under a rock where we stopped to get a break from the wind and eat something - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
looking down on the Cottonwood Lakes from above - the prominent lakes in the center are 1st, 3rd and the unnamed lake - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
the highest growing (near 14,000') plant I've ever seen - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
almost to the top - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
looking down the north face of Langley - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Carol, just a few steps from the pinnacle - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Carol on top, Kaweahs in the background - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Carol on the peak, Whitney behind and to the right - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Josh on the peak, Whitney to the far right - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Josh on the peak, Kaweahs behind - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Josh back down at 4th lake, glad to be out of the wind - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
Josh with first lake in the background - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]
interesting tree and rock formation on the way out - [1600x1200], [1024x768], [640x480]