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| me on the pitch off of sheritan watkins |
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| eric on lead |
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| Kelly and I on Watkins last weekend! Amazing climbing on this route! Love it! |
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| I never thought I would depend on these things to descend a Yosemite Big Wall. |
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| Deep snow for May. |
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| Ultra light jugging set up: spectra daisy chains and Petzl Quickstep. |
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| Tommy Caldwell about 4 pitches from the top. Snowy Half Dome in the background. |
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| Tommy midway through the crux pitch. About to onsite!! |
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| Tommy Caldwell starting up the crux endurance pitch of the South Face of Mt. Watkins. |
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| Tommy on the big traversing 5.3 pitch after Sheraton Watkins. |
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| Crux aid pitch of Sheraton Watkins. Note the fixed mank. You may need a hammer here if this crap blows. At the very least, i would bring some hooks and some thin cord to thread the fixed RURPS. |
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| Double Figure Eight Knot - The speed climbers anchor of choice. |
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| Sheratin Watkins, BIG but sloping. |
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| Tommy Caldwell starting up the first pitch free variation of Mt. Watkins. |
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| "Chris, seriously, where is the sunscreen." |
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| The deluxe bivy on top of the 4th class section. |
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| Looking up at the base of the South Face route from the bivy on top of the 4th class. |
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| Tommy Caldwell starting up the first fixed rope at the base of Mt. Watkins, South Face route |
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| Tommy Caldwell post holing on the descent from Mt. Watkins. May 2010 |
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| Bear prints near Snow Creek (a mile West of summit of Mt Watkins). I think it was headed to Manure Pile Buttress - http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1159715 |
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