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Eagle Mountain
Shots from our early morning ascent of Eagle Mountain, in the Amargosa River Valley, east of Death Valley.
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What excellent pictures!

I've climbed Eagle three or more times by the usual DPS route. I enjoy ropeless scrambling. With the occasional fifth class moves on dependable holds.

How often do you guys do outings like this?
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Asher , Wed, 20 Feb 2008 9:34AM
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Early morning reflection of Eagle Mountain in the Amargosa River.

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Hiking across the rocky bajada to the base of the peak.

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Looking up Eagle Mountain from the base.

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Cody's getting ready.

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Echinocactus polycephalus (cottontop)

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Me climbing a dryfall

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Further up the dryfall

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Looking back down the chute.

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Brendan on the same dryfall.

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Brendan in action.

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Cody and Tanya in the "bowling alley".

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Brendan moving up a large slab in a ampitheater-like section of the chute.

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Brendan contemplating the next move.

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Brendan pulling through.

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On the ridgeline, with some beautiful scrambling.

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Topping out at a saddle, with the Amargosa Valley beyond.

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Cody + Brendan scope the route.

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Brendan scrambling the knife-edge.

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More knife-edge.

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Cody + Tanya topping out one of the many gendarmes.

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Downclimbing off a tower.

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On the summit.

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Looking west over the Greenwater Range and Black Mountains to the Panamints, with the Amargosa River below.

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More Greenwater Range views.

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Brendan climbing down.

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Looking north towards the Amargosa Valley.

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