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Mountaineering, Chicago Basin Peak Bagging Extravaganza, Day 2

Friday, September 7th, 2012

CMC Peak Baggers on Windom Peak
Kay, Dave, Clare, and Wesley on the Summit of Windom Peak

CMC Peak Baggers Summit of Sunlight
Dave, Wesley, Clare, and Kay near the Summit of Sunlight Peak

For the CMC Centennial Celebration, we attempted to summit all 4 of the Chicago Basin 14’ers in one day. We made it within a few hundred feet of Eolus and had to turn back to camp. However, we did manage to back Windom and Sunlight, which was a great success. The following pictures are from the efforts of our fantastic day in Chicago Basin!

An extra special thanks to Dave for being such a gentlemen and offering a helping hand as I jumped off of Sunlight. That was a leap of faith which I was not quite ready to take without a spot from a friend! (more…)