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(Thursday 7/31 continued)
Following the summit of Eolus via the south ridge we descended the east face to the standard route. Here is a shot of the next goal: North Eolus:
The east face only required a little down climbing. For the most part it consisted of ramps and steps:
And here we are near the "catwalk" on the way to North Eolus
I traversed around the point (seen in this picture on the left) between North Eolus and Eolus:
Once back on N. Eolus' south ridge the scrambling was easy on solid sticky rock:
A self portrait from North Eolus with Eolus in the background:
I then descended North Eolus' south face via various ramps and cracks:
It was nice to be on flat ground again. Here we are traversing back to the lakes from the Eolus basin:
The next day we hit the trail at 8am to head back down to the train stop.
This bridge is located right at the stop and spans the Animas River;
Our ride:
I didn't know the Chicago Basin was so popular a backpacking destination! As we were leaving on a Friday, there was quite a crowd unloading at the Needleton stop:
All in all it was an excellent trip. We were very fortunate with the weather. The typical 2 o'clock clouds would come in but we barely got a sprinkle each day. And summit mornings were calm and clear.
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