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ShuangQiaoGou
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11th
February 2004
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| hunter and abi | ||||
| a day of blue skies and bright sunshine with the view to Hunter's Peak and Abi Mountain | ||||
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| crossing the river | ||||
| this day, we had to cross the river as we as intended climb was on a frozen waterfall on the eastern wall of the valley | ||||
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| frozen river | ||||
| the frozen river that leads up to the waterfall face | ||||
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| climbing fast | ||||
| this frozen waterfall gets much sunlight from the late morning and hence the climb gets very wet from the water trickles | ||||
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| studying system | ||||
| Ding Ding explaining the anchor system at the crux | ||||
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| down climbing | ||||
| a short day of climbing as the sunlight makes the waterfall too dangerous to climb by early afternoon | ||||
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| packing up | ||||
| packing up the gear and accounting for each item | ||||
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| the falls | ||||
| the upper parts of this waterfall gets sunlight by late morning and melts much of the upper ice making the crux unstable by early afternoon | ||||
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| drying out | ||||
| with time to kill and taking advantage of the sunlight | ||||
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| tree silhouette | ||||
| the reward for exploring around our guest lodge in the evening | ||||
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