During an extended bout of bad weather in the Bugs, we got a tip from some California climbers at the Kain Hut to head south to do this classic route. I'd been on the road all summer, so another thousand plus miles was just part of being out there. We must of had a map as we found the crossing from Blue Heaven Lake to Darwin Glacier. Likewise the east side of Mendel seemed the logical choice for getting off.

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