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| Laughlin heading up the 4th pitch |
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| Laughlin racking up for the Kor roof pitch |
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| Traverse over to dinner ledge |
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| Looking down the 3rd pitch. South Face, Washington Column |
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| 2nd pitch south face washington column |
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| 1st pitch Washington Column |
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| Realizing I forgot my helmet in the car |
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| South Face of Washington Column, as done with an overnight at Dinner Ledge. |
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| The pine tree is where Dinner Ledge is. |
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| We started rapping just before the sun was setting behind El Cap and we got back to the car around 10:00PM. |
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| First big wall success! |
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| Summit tree. From here, a single rope rap will get you to another set of anchors where you set up your double rope rap to avoid getting the rope stuck. From that anchor a double rope rap will get you to rap anchors on top of pitch 9. From there follow the |
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| Dan jugging the last pitch! |
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| Starting to get tired, but we have a lot of day light left. |
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| I hated this pitch. |
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| Very straight forward aiding. You can use nuts and cams. |
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| This pitch I am much more aware of the follower. Notice where I head straight up. |
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| Jugging. We decided to top out and rap back down to dinner ledge to grab our gear and rap down with the haul bag. I have 2.5L of water and a bunch of snacks for the day. |
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| Perfectly clear skies for the night. Glacier Point. |
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| The best backdrop to enjoy a dinner under. |
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| Keep the follower in mind when leading! My partner actually had his top ascender pop off because of the distance of my placements. |
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| Fun aiding! The bolt anchor is just above the small roof. |
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