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On day 2 we drove out to a landing strip to speed up the transfer to the slopes (and save heli fuel)....

Kev in the parking lot...

 

Incoming...

 

... and away again across the valley...

  

Cockpit view...

Vista from one of the landing spots...

 

 

Lindsay striking a pose...

 

Impressive cornice...

 


Heli shadow as we crossed over a ridge line...

 

Our S's...

   

 

Kev...

The art of the badly taken selfy...

 

Jeff...

 

Another blast as the heli departed...

 

 

Blasting another group as it comes in to land...

With the moon rising over the rotors and despite Uwe's pleas & pestering, it was time to head back to base for our last evening at Blue River...

Dinner back at Blue River - Brian, Lindsay, Jason (guide), Norm, me, Kev, Jeff & Stowe...

Brian & Lindsay...

 

Lindsay, Norm and some interloper...

With Kev & Stowe (it took ages for me to Photoshop on that realistic looking extra chin on myself)...

 

Time to settle down with some port... a bottle of 1985 Dow's vintage fetched from the cellar...

 

Glasses charged... Kev, Brian, Norm, Lindsay & me...

 

Stowe, Kev & Brian...

 

From a different angle...

 

Kev learning the subtleties of tasting vintage port...

The subtleties taking effect on Kev...

It was delicious, but all too soon only sediment remained, though it and the trip will live long in the memory...

 

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