All photos were taken with my old Canon S95 point'n shoot camera in jpg format. Panorama's created with Autopano Giga software.
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GPS Track Log
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Cottonwood Lakes area
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Cottonwood Lake #3
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Cottonwood Lakes 4 & 5. This is looking down from Old Army Pass
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Saw quite a few Bighorn Sheep around the 12,000' range as we summited Mt Langley
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Bighorn Sheep heading down towards Upper Soldier Lake
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One of the new large cairn's built to summit Mt Langley
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Looking straight down from the top of Mt Langley, what is that, about 1,000' straight down? Not for those afraid of heights!
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Looking at Mt Whitney from the top of Mt Langley
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Tom coming down the ravine to Upper Soldier Lake
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Upper Soldier Lake
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Is this a baby marmot?? Totally wrong time of year if so, maybe one of you reading this knows? Please let me know if you can identify this little baby creature
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Lodgepole Chipmunk
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The Mighty Miter Basin area
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Looking down at Lower Soldier Lake
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Very pretty unnamed lake in Miter Basin
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Tom in Miter Basin (The Miter in the left background)
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Sky Blue Lake
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Sky Blue Lake panorama
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Miter Basin
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Marmot Scat
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Still some pretty flowers in Miter Basin
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This is heading down Rock Creek
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Beautiful Rock Creek
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Sierra Tree Frog
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Rock Creek area looking back at the Miter Basin area
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Looking out over Big Whitney Meadow and Kern Peak in the far distance