Cliff & Steve set out from Easton. Steve was smiling back then.
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Packing up at the Garden
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Hiking along Johns Brook
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Some holes in the ice along Johns Brook
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Some ice
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Steve goes up a ledge
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back down using "toes"
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Cliff takes a try
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we got caught by dark
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so we cooked dinner from the tent
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on the trail toward Marcy the next day
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plowing through the snow
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reaching the rim a mile or so from Marcy
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This trail junction sign is usually several feet off the ground
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Steve climbing the peak
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Cliff near the top
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reading the plaque on the summit
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Steve playfully tosses his ice axe, which is blown
off a ledge by the wind.
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