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 Photo courtesy of Bill Bushnell |  Photo courtesy of Bill Bushnell |  Photo courtesy of Bill Bushnell |  Photo courtesy of Bill Bushnell |  Photo courtesy of Bill Bushnell |  Photo courtesy of Bill Bushnell |
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 Mammoth 2009 index |
| Frank on final. | Bill approaches the top. | Bill approaches some more. | And approaches. | It's a rocky approach. | But Bill is already reading the summit register when Frank arrives. | Frank arrives! | And Stella arrives, too! | Happy summiteers. | Enough already, let's head back. | Bill and David may be carrying ski-poles, | but Frank and Stella have fun "skiing" down the hill. | (And boots full of rocks, too). | Frank takes his poles in and out, but eventually packs them away fully. | We regain David | and have a short break where we had lunch. | Then it's on over meadows | and through stream beds. | Through the boulders of the stream bed David proves much more agile with his sticks, | while Stella and Frank try not to break any ankles. | Bill discovers a family of sage grouse who do | a very good imitation of a pile of rocks. | Good thing we didn't step on them. | The sun begins to set, | and we take a final ragged break. | And on homeward over the clinkers, | let's be *happy* | as we trudge on into the sunset | over Saddlebag Lake | and its pink rock fields. |