High Sierra Topix

Here at the end of the year I would like to celebrate all the nice trip reports that folks have posted this year. I have been looking over some of them and this one stands out as both an excellent first TR and a fine introduction to the area covered. Thanks, tdollente!
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Anybody else have a favorite from this year?

Here's another one that I liked - complete with a mystery.

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