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	Meeting the gang at Oakland		Packing morning of trip
	Steve, Marie, Alex, Mike, Tom
	Camp along N. Fork King's Canyon (8,000 ft)		Steve cooking dinner
	Lake near camp		Lake next morning with snow
	Starting the day's hike		Hiking forest trail with snow.
	Boardwalk across meadows.		Alex and Steve. Here we have climbed into high country and are looking for a lake to camp at.
			Brief warming sun light before snow and cold at night
	Mike at Portal Lake		Morning photography
	12 degrees		Tossing rocks onto the frozen pond.
	Views north of Portal Lake		Planning our route for the next several days.
	Pearl Lake
	Shoreline of Pearl Lake
	Mike in his space alian garb
			Ambition Lake Camp
	Pizza and whiskey for dinner
			Alex makes pizza for dinner as we stay warm
			Swathed in down is the only way to stay comfortable in the evening.
	Heading for pass where dark peak meets ridge		Heading up from Ambition Lake. We were camped on the slabs at the far shore.
	Better to hand packs here		Mike makes the move
	A few more slabs below the pass		Talus!
	Traversing large talus
	Martha Lake/Ionion Basin		Confusion Lake
	Looking down toward Six Shooter Lake and our camp.
	Tom cooking curry for dinner.
	Morning shot		warming up and drying off
	Our camp
			On the crest, looking east toward the Evolution Range
	We think it goes		Working our way along the crest.
	Catching the last light of the day.
	A split bolder, similar to one seen on a previous trip.		A similiar split bolder from 1997
			Our last camp down in the forest
	Alex in his bivi.		Mike's collection of gear to pack
	End-of-trip group photo.

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