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       <photo caption="Provided by Dean Molen. Aerial photograph of Mount Jefferson, in late August, 
                       from the west. Note the Red Saddle and summit pinnacle." 
                  url="Jefferson_1.jpg"/>

       <photo caption="Provided by Dean Molen. Aerial photograph of Mount Jefferson, in late August, 
                       from the south. Note Mount Hood on the horizon." 
                  url="Jefferson_2.jpg"/>

       <photo caption="Provided by Bob Bolton. Mount Jefferson from the south / southwest." 
                  url="Jefferson_3.jpg"/>

       <photo caption="Provided by Don Nelsen. Mount Jefferson's south ridge from 
                       Goat Peak (7,159 feet) on July 24, 1996." 
                  url="Jefferson_4_50.jpg"/>

       <photo caption="Provided by Bob Bolton. Mount Jefferson from the north in April." 
                  url="Jefferson_6_50.jpg"/>

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       <P>Photographs from an ascent of Mount Jefferson <i>via</i> the South Ridge and 
          Red Saddle traverse from July 2006 by Greg Slayden, Duane Gilliland, Richard Carey, 
          Don Nelsen, Edward Earl, and Adam Helman.</P>

       <P>All images are courtesy of Don Nelsen except where indicated.</P> 

       <P>Don Nelsen narrates a <Font color="FF0000">
         <A HREF="Jefferson/DSCN1074.MOV">Summit Videotape</A></Font> (12 Mbytes) -
          from Mount Jefferson's zenith. &quot;Quicktime&quot; or equivalent software  
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       <photo caption="Mount Jefferson from Shale Lake on the approach hike to high camp." 
                  url="DSCN0977_25.jpg"/>

       <photo caption="Mount Jefferson from Shale Lake with wildflowers as foreground." 
                  url="DSCN0988_25.jpg"/>

       <photo caption="Greg Slayden at the 6,900 foot high camp with Mount Jefferson.
                       Photograph by Greg Slayden." 
                  url="Greg_Slayden_camp_orig.jpg"/>

       <photo caption="Climbing a snowslope at around 7,400 feet on summit day. 
                       Greg Slayden leads; followed by Adam Helman, Richard Carey, and Duane Gilliland." 
                  url="DSCN1017_33.jpg"/>

       <photo caption="Rime ice encrusts plant life at about 8,000 feet.
                       The ice melts quickly after the storm's night passage." 
                  url="DSCN1021_25.jpg"/>

       <photo caption="Dan Nelsen sets the scale for rime-laden boulders along the South Ridge. 
                       Note the concentric patterns." 
                  url="DSCN1032_25.jpg"/>

       <photo caption="This Class 3 rock outcrop is surmounted immediately 
                       prior to  reaching the Red Saddle." 
                  url="DSCN1044_25.jpg"/>

       <photo caption="North (left) and south (right) summit pinnacles viewed from the Red Saddle. 
                       The north pinnacle is higher. The infamous traverse, 
                       somewhat bare of snow, is at lower left.
                       Our path leads across the snow&apos;s upper terminus to the skyline ridge at left." 
                  url="DSCN1046_25.jpg"/>

       <photo caption="The traverse is indicated by red dots receding to the far ridge. 
                       Photograph by Greg Slayden." 
                  url="Greg_Slayden_traverse_annotated.jpg"/>

       <photo caption="Adam Helman completes the traverse,
                       partly on snow and partly on rock and scree. 
                       View is south to the Red Saddle." 
                  url="DSCN1054_25.jpg"/>

       <photo caption="Adam Helman completes Oregon with Edward Earl caught photographing him." 
                  url="DSCN1070_25.jpg"/>

       <photo caption="Don Nelsen atop one of the summit boulders. 
                       The summit is quite airy, with little room for maneuvering." 
                  url="DSCN1073_25.jpg"/>

       <photo caption="Duane Gilliland (below) and Adam Helman (above) downclimb 
                       the short yet steep Class 4 section immediately under the tiny summit." 
                  url="DSCN1079_25.jpg"/>

       <photo caption="Duane Gilliland (in foreground) and Adam Helman return via
                       the traverse to Red Saddle." 
                  url="DSCN1093_25.jpg"/>

       <photo caption="Greg Slayden burdened with gear after cleaning the route;
                       with the south, lower summit pinnacle as background.
                       Photograph by Edward Earl." 
                  url="Greg_Slayden_south_pinnacle_orig.jpg"/>

       <photo caption="Close-up of the twin summit pinnacles from Red Saddle.
                       The encircled, sharp boulder is the true highpoint, 
                       and is featured in photograph 11 above." 
                  url="DSCN1099_25_annotated.jpg"/>

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