The Wedge -- DSC01388.JPG

Looking down from near the first summit, you can see the sharp delineation between the larger trees and the smaller trees. I read that a big fire wiped out much of this area in 1936, but I'd have thought the smaller trees would have grown more in the last 70 years. Maybe not...

At this point I thought Mark and Kevin were ahead of me because it took me so long to gain the ridge on the right from the middle of the gulley where I started. I boogied up the mountain and was surprised to see that they weren't there yet. If you look closely at the rock bulge on the climber's right of the ridge, you can see Mark and Kevin down there! Good thing I was still being careful not to knock any rocks down...

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