Peak 6943 as I start down low. The summit is not visible, set farther back along the top ridge

A look at Mount Washington as I gain the top ridge

Summit rocks. The big boulder seemed highest to me

View north from the big boulder

Peak 6309 as I descend off 6943

On the ridge toward Peak 6309

Summit is just ahead

Look back at Peak 6943 (left) and Veterans Peak

Summit views Top right: Guajalote Peak, bottom right: Mount Wrightson way in back, U X Peak the lighter colored peak closer in, lower right: American Peak centered

Peak 6309 in shadow, another view of Wrightson as I descend, Duquesne Pass from a distance, and my car tire getting changed after I caught something sharp

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