Climbing Mount Sainte Victoire

My original plans for hiking on this day fell through, so I went up Mount Sainte Victoire. It has a peak of about 915M (3000 feet). It took about 2 hours to get up and one and half to get back down.

13 photos taken between June 16, 2002 and June 19, 2002
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Mount Sainte Victoire! This mountain is only a couple of miles from Aix.

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Date: Sunday, June 16, 2002, 12:45:22 AM

If you look closely, you can see the cross.

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Date: Sunday, June 16, 2002, 12:45:58 AM

I have climbed the mountain one other time. The first time I took the difficile (difficult) route, this time it was the Facile (easy) way for me :)

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Date: Sunday, June 16, 2002, 12:24:55 AM

A couple of views from the way up.

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Date: Sunday, June 16, 2002, 9:52:36 AM

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Date: Sunday, June 16, 2002, 9:53:26 AM

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Date: Sunday, June 16, 2002, 10:05:09 AM

I made it to the top!

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Date: Sunday, June 16, 2002, 11:02:55 AM

The cross.

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Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2002, 11:07:16 AM

The cross with backlighting.

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Date: Sunday, June 16, 2002, 11:13:38 AM

A view of one of the faces.

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Date: Sunday, June 16, 2002, 11:19:03 AM

The church that is below the cross.

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Date: Sunday, June 16, 2002, 11:30:16 AM

A couple of wildflower shots :)

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Date: Sunday, June 16, 2002, 11:34:33 AM

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Date: Sunday, June 16, 2002, 11:34:37 AM