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traverse over on the pre-molar pitch |
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Lots of fixed beaks on pitch 10 |
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piggies on Pitch 9 |
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Pitch 8 |
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Pitch 7 |
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Me cleaning the Seagull |
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John around the corner on the Seagull |
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John on pitch 4 |
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Cleaning pitch 3 |
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Pitch 2 |
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John at the first anchor, a long way to go. |
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Mescalito goes right up the sunny part of the face |
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From left to right; my uncle, best friend my dad and myself on top of the grand teton 1995 |
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Obligatory topout shot. Yay us! |
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Last bivy of the route |
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Last bivy of the route, 7th day on the wall. The sheer intensity of the climbing has compressed Shaun by several inches |
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"Just kidding, everything's cool, baby." - Shaun |
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"Oh no!" - Shaun |
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A view that never gets old |
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"By day 6, Aaron's belay organization skills are The Next Level. This skill set is 90% of big wall climbing. This is just about the tidiest you can get a 2-bolt, 3-person big wall anchor." - Phil |
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"Day 6--still steep as f*ck. This route is nutso." - Phil |
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Jugging off the Bismark with one normal aider and one backup alpine aider (thank you Megan!) |
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Half Dome from the Bismark |
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Sixth morning on the wall. For Phil it may feel more like six months |
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"No, me! Don't take the '5.9 hands variation!' It's a trap! Nooooooooo!" - Shaun |
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