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| The complete east face of Washington Column, including Astroman and the Quantum Mechanic to the right of the Prow and Ten Days After. |
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| The Prow and Ten Days After from the talus at the base of Washington Column. A soloist and his kit can be seen on Ten Days After, a bit less than half way up. |
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| Profile view of Washington Column from the North Dome Gully. The Prow is close to the profile, but the Reanimator is probably closest to the
real profile. |
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| Half Dome from the summit of the Prow. |
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| My gear on the summit of the Prow. |
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| Start of pitch 11 of the Prow. |
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| Half Dome from pitch 10 of the Prow. |
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| Looking down on the route from my pitch 9 bivvy. |
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| Half Dome from my pitch 9 bivvy. |
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| My portaledge at the pitch 9 bivvy. Since all my pictures were taken while I was seated on the portaledge, I don't have a good picture of
the portaledge itself. |
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| The Reanimator hanging curtain of rock from my pitch 9 bivvy. At this point I was more or less even with this feature, but realized that I still had some 370 feet of climbing before the top of the wall. |
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| Looking up from Tapir Terrace. The hanging curtain of rock on the Reanimator is now much closer. |
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| Looking sideways along Tapir Terrace. I think the feature in the middle background is Mt. Watkins. |
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| Half Dome from my Tapir Terrace bivvy. |
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| My Jetboil at my Tapir Terrace bivvy. I used it twice a day, for hot breakfasts and hot dinners. I've also used this setup for cooking inside the tent on alpine routes, when the weather was too foul to cook outside the tent. |
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| Part of the standard belay station cluster at pitch 6. |
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| Half Dome from pitch 6. |
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| Glacier Point Apron from Pitch 6 |
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| Vitaly (white shirt) and partner (brown shirt) passing me at the start of pitch 4. |
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| Half Dome in the early morning from the top of pitch 3. |
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| Pitch 4 led and cleaned. Pitch 5 is also led, but is difficult to see in this picture. |
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| The start of pitch 4. The black speck on the skyline is the hanging curtain of rock from the Reanimator. I kept staring at this feature as an aid to gauge how far I was from the top. |
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| Half Dome at dawn from the base of the Prow. This is first of several pictures of Half Dome from various stages of my ascent. |
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| Looking up from the end of pitch 1. The blue rope leading to the pitch 2 belay was from another soloist (who bailed after pitch 2). |
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| The white streak (above the aid-cragging party on pitch3) is the approximate line of the Prow. The fin of rock at the skyline is a hanging curtain of rock on the Reanimator. |
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