This trip was primarily aimed at WTC students who need two trips to complete all the requirements of the course and be eligible for graduation in October. I usually do a few more of these but it's been a rough summer climbing schedule wise between unsettled weather in late Spring and knee issues towards the end of the summer.
As a result this ended up being the last Sierra Trip of the summer for me after having to cancel Star King, Florence N, and a long haul desert trip over Labor Day.
For this trip Kristen and I picked Cirque because the drive to Horseshoe Meadow is on the short side (it's 25 miles above Lone Pine) and the stats are pretty reasonable letting us plan for a large 15 person group.
As the weekend approached the bigger concern became smoke from the still burning Rough Fire. After we'd seen it on the Harrington trip it had continued to grow and depending on the day was making the east side extremely unpleasant. For the moment the worst of it seemed to be to the north so off we went...
As the weekend approached the bigger concern became smoke from the still burning Rough Fire. After we'd seen it on the Harrington trip it had continued to grow and depending on the day was making the east side extremely unpleasant. For the moment the worst of it seemed to be to the north so off we went...
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