Cirque of the Unclimbables

So, you can see fancy pictures of the Cirque of the Unclimbables just about anywhere, but here is the picture from near the top of the hike up from Glacier Lake. It is kind of steep and fairly easy to lose the trail. Apparantly this year there were less than a dozen people that did the hike. The climber types mostly fly in by heli with a sackful of gear and beer. We did enjoy the morning down by the lake and set out for the Cirque at our usual time of 2pm. Pitched camp at (hmmm) around 7pm. I think Sara almost had words to me on the hike up as we thrashed through over-the-head slide alder. Everything was OK after the tent was set-up, food was eaten and the 6" air mattress was installed into the tent with the down bags. Nice. The following day we were spoilt by perfect weather - one of the two non-rainy days in a month - according to a pair of climbers who had spent the last 30 days in the neighborhood. Sara took some amazing pictures but even I have not seen them. I think they get catalogued and processed and submitted to win photo competition's first.