Flying Dutchman Couloir: May 2009

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Sunrise from the Longs Peak trail
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Meeker and Longs from near Chasm View
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Dreamweaver Couloir
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Approach to Chasm Lake
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Pete scrambles up to Chasm Lake
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Chasm Lake and the Diamond of Longs Peak
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Martha Couloir
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Groups ahead of us on the Flying Dutchman
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Two fisted snow climbing
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Catching up with the pack
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Pulled into the lead
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Pete and the other climbers
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Icy crux of the couloir
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Pete following up the couloir
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Pete on the mixed section of the crux
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Other group belaying
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Pete leading upwards
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Traversing left to the ridge
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Avoiding the cornice on the right hand finish
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Mount Meeker
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The Loft and Longs Peak
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Pete heading up Meeker with Longs in the background
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Nearing the summit
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Looking for a way up
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On top of Mount Meeker
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Scrambling to Meeker's east summit
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Class 3 terrain
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Another party on the ridge
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Knife edge section
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Descending from the Iron Gates
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View of the Flying Dutchman couloir
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Returning to the trailhead