Mt Russell's East Face

In 2014 i revised the pictures of the East Face ascent here.

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Mt Carillon

Mt Carillon

Mt Carillon

View from Mt Carillon

View from Mt Carillon

Mt Russell from Mt Carillon

View from Mt Carillon

View from Mt Carillon

View from Mt Carillon

Mt Whitney from Mt Carillon

Descending the plateau from the western chute

Down the gulley below the east ridge

Mt Whitney

Mt Russell from below

Down the western gulley

Down the western gulley

Down the western gulley

Down the western gulley

Down the western gulley

The gulley above me

The wall to my right

Mt Whitney

The gulley above me

The gulley above me

First view of Upper Boyscout Lake

The gulley above me

I had to go around this wall of rocks

Further down the gulley

Further down the gulley

Almost at the bottom of the gulley into the canyon

The dry lake in the canyon

The gulley behind me

The canyon in front of me

After the dry lake

Below the dry lake

Where does the water come from?

Upper Boyscout Lake

Further down

Upper Boyscout Lake

Further down, the waterfall near the lake

Upper Boyscout Lake

Upper Boyscout Lake

Mt Russell's southwestern route from above Iceberg Lake

Mt Russell's southwestern route from Whitney's mountaineering route

Mt Russell from the Whitney chimney

Wales Lake and Mt Russell

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