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- ↑ Reid, Don (1993). Yosemite Climbs: Big Walls. Evergreen, CO, US: Chockstone Press. p. 202. ISBN 0-934641-54-4.
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- ↑ Child, Greg (1987). "Lost in America". American Alpine Journal. 29 (61). New York, NY, US: American Alpine Club: 60–69. ISBN 0-930410-29-7.
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- ↑ Kennedy, Michael (1995). "Shadows of Doubt, Mount Hunter". American Alpine Journal. 37 (69). Golden, CO, US: American Alpine Club: 1–10. ISBN 0-930410-61-0.
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