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Caption: Daxue Shan Sichuan
China
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Caption: We began our journey at our good friend Doji's home. Drinking yak butter tea and listening to Doji quietly chant, counting his beads and tending to the wood stove felt like stepping into the pages of a National Geographic magazine I had read and been inspired by as a kid.
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Caption: On our way
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Caption: .........With a little help from our friends. We knew Giants loomed but all was hidden by the mist. This area has been described as "the land of black wolves and blue poppies, ibex and snow leopards, where fairies congregated"
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Caption: Finally seeing our objective, the process to acclimate began.....and our dreams became saturated by the fears, doubts, and the overwhelming curiosity that mountains like these always deliver
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Caption: Our objective...the NW face of Mt. Grosvenor
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Caption: Approaching 20,000'. On schedule
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Caption: Cloud base, day 2
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Caption: New route- Black Wolves & Blue Poppis WI4+AI6 M5+ 1300m Summit
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Caption: The trip into the Daxue Shan will always be a significant part of why I feel lucky to live this life.