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August 17, 2001

Baffin Island Bivouac, Canada, 1999

Photograph by Gordon Wiltsie

"Home Steep Home: Far from solid ground the climbers pitched a hanging camp for a final bivouac, bolting tents and gear to the wall. An overhang shielded them from falling debris. All swore they slept soundly."

—From "Hitting the Wall: First Ascent of a Baffin Island Peak," January 1999, National Geographic magazine