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Low angle run out high on the dike |
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View of the lower part of the route and a party high up on The Dike |
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Nice couple from the East Coast |
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Dikes galore: A glimpse from afar of what we'd experience all day. |
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Attempting to do justice to Vernal Falls...and failing |
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Her Majesty Half Dome's Profile from the north. Note the clean streak where the cables scale the face. |
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"what do you mean those cables don't fit in the reverso? We should be able to rap this beast" |
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The Valley from the Diving Board: words don't do it justice |
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"Put the gear away and let's finish this pig." |
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"Endless third class" |
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Pitch 8: rounding the top, and hitting the end of roped climbing |
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"Great Oden's Raven this dike climbing is spectacular"...but all good things must come to an end, here at the top of pitch 6. |
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Getting used to slab: Pitch 1 done in style by the Rothinator |
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"It just might go." The route from just below the first pitch start. The chosen dike for climbing is in full view |
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