Porcupine barriers!

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Porcupine barriers!

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Looking east from near the summit of Bugaboo Spire.

Snowpatch, Crescent, Pigeon, and Bugaboo spires, and the North Howser Tower as seen from the summit of Brenta spire.

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Steven Lucarelli

Oct 5, 2006

“Porcupine barriers!”

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