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Beer on the Bismark! |
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Big wall climbing is serious business! |
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Our first solid ground in way too long |
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Where are we? This map is so confusing! Wait, I think this topo is for The Shield! |
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Enjoying a cup of hot chocolate on the Bismark |
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Aid climbing in high winds can be soul sucking |
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Pitch 16 - fixed gear is all C1 until something
blows |
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Finally getting up there - morning atop 15. |
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Hotel El Capitan - the Mescalito Suite |
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No complaints from me, either! |
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Shaun is excited - we finally got 5 pitches in a day! |
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The stress is showing on Shaun. He doesn't sleep well this night. |
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Middle Cathedral - Day 3 |
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"Knowing that you weigh less than most of the climbers who have gone before you makes it psychologically easier to hang yourself from a piece of crusty old tat slung on an ancient beak." - Phil |
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The view from pitch 11 |
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C3 is fun when you're not leading |
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What you don't want to see your haul bag suspended from |
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How to flag a portaledge |
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The view from downstairs at Anchorage Ledge |
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With well over 300 lbs of gear, even Shaun had to put some muscle into the 2:1 hauling system to get the pigs to budge. |
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Awesome weather the whole trip |
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Near the end of pitch 3 after injuring my knee. |
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Two pitches down...a long way to go! |
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It's El Cap time again! |
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