Traveler Buttress, Lover's Leap, Main Wall 5.9

Lake Tahoe, California, USA

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East Wall

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Starting up the crux pitch

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Dave Goldstein on the second pitch of Traveler Buttress. He is just entering the 5.9 offwidth that is the clear crux of the entire climb. There is a 5.10 variation to his left that is hard to protect.

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Start of Traveler's

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Leading P1 (5.8) pitch - a great link up: Sur Pillar + Travelers P1 + Corr Corner. This pitch protects well and the 5.8 jam at the top is not bad - do it!

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My partner Jay in the P2 OW - sew it up and start pulling on gear!

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My partner Jay getting ready to cross into the unknown on P3...

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How to bring packs through the OW section of Traveler Buttress. This effort seemed a tad excessive, but it worked easily enough to equalize 1-2 cams with the piton at this pod and use a 2:1 pulley system. Now to set up the BBQ grill @ P2 Belay.

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Fail. How you should not attempt to bring a pack through the OW section of Traveler Buttress. The lower section overhangs a bit, so my pack kept pulling me outwards from the crack! This did not seem like the way to go.