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Creation date / 2014 / August / 6
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Getting ready for four days of backpacking in the Ruby Mountains (Bill Homan's Lakes Loop Hike). - 060814143119IMG 20140806 113119
Island lake on the way to the pass to Thomas Canyon. - 060814143125IMG 20140806 113125
Looking towards the pass to Thomas Canyon. - 060814145608IMG 20140806 115608
Maria at the start of the first of many boulder fields (above Island Lake on the way to the first of many passes). - 060814153754IMG 20140806 123754
Maria after making it across her first boulder field (above Island Lake). - 060814160911P8062388
Jimmy heading down the chute to get into Thomas Canyon (Mount Fitzgerald in the background). - 060814161008IMG 20140806 131008
Entering into Thomas Canyon from the pass above Island Lake (Mount Fitzgerald in the background). - 060814181150IMG 20140806 151148
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Closeup of the two chutes. We descended the one on the left (where the V in the rocks appears) when the easier chute is the one on the right. The first of the few wrong turns we made. - 060814183045P8062394
Another picture of the two chutes for descending from the pass above Island Lake. The two chutes are visible in the center of the photo. Once out of the chute, we traversed to the left to avoid the cliffs and then cut back right to make it to the back of Thomas Canyon. - 060814212624P8062395
Our first campsite at the back of Thomas Canyon near the Beaver Dam. A hailstorm hit right after cooking dinner. Wind gusts were strong enough to bend tent poles. - 060814212643P8062396
Our first campsite at the back of Thomas Canyon near the Beaver Dam. A hailstorm hit right after cooking dinner. Wind gusts were strong enough to bend tent poles. - 060814212656P8062397
Ice clumps from the hail. Our first campsite at the back of Thomas Canyon near the Beaver Dam. A hailstorm hit right after cooking dinner. Wind gusts were strong enough to bend tent poles.