Dayhike Mike

Wow! Huge props to all involved, for quick thinking and successful execution. Glad Steve is safe and healing up. And a thumbs up to Jason for the patience in waiting this thing out. Tell you what, you all can buy *us* a round of beers once Hollywood comes knocking to purchase the film rights.

Lowell, the other photographs really remind me of rock faces I've seen up the Icicle and in the Enchantment region. The vegetation shown underfoot in the first picture you posted also looks like something from the east side of the Cascades. Do you have a larger version of that first picture? Or larger versions of the other pics that show the slope in the background? Maybe some tweaking in Photoshop might reveal a familiar slope.

Nah, I just enjoy a good mystery. Besides, I can't take all the credit. I tweaked the pic to bring out more of the image, noticed the lake in the background, and posted it in our Name the Lake thread. Borank was the one who suggested the lake in the background might be the tip of Snow Lake and I simply looked through photos from Chair until I managed to find a matching image that had a similar angle and orientation. It'll be interesting to see where the rest of them are from -- if they're in this same area on Chair, nearby in the ALW, or somewhere else entirely.

You sure about that Klenke? Here's a tweaked version of the mystery pic and a view from the route up the NE Buttress on Chair Peak. Note the talus field in the foreground, swath of cliff in the middle, and the band of trees that break through that cliff. [img:left]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3062/3248985425_439ed18aa2_o_d.jpg[/img] [img:right]http://static.flickr.com/93/277947810_b1984fd65f_o.jpg[/img]