Trip Report
Moonlight Buttress: My 2nd Free Attempt
Friday June 10, 2011 11:08am
Last Easter I made my 2nd attempt at freeing Moonlight Buttress. I significantly improved from last time, and was luckily enough to have a professional photographer ask me if he could rap in and shoot the upper pitches. He snapped some spectacular photos!

Photos © Ryan Day Thompson, 2011 | RyanDayThompson.com

For the full trip report, and more pictures, check out pullharder.org.

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The "Nutting Pitch" of Moonlight Buttress.  Photos © Ryan Day Thompson...
The "Nutting Pitch" of Moonlight Buttress. Photos © Ryan Day Thompson, 2011 | RyanDayThompson.com (I have his permission to post this).
Credit: Josh Higgins
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The official "Pullharder Pose" after a great day on Moonlight Buttress...
The official "Pullharder Pose" after a great day on Moonlight Buttress. Photos © Ryan Day Thompson, 2011 | RyanDayThompson.com (I have Ryan's permission to post this)
Credit: Josh Higgins
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Josh Higgins
About the Author
Josh Higgins is a trad climber from San Diego.

Comments
dirt claud

Social climber
san diego,ca
  Jun 10, 2011 - 11:22am PT
Awesome send fellas, thanks for the TR and nice picks.
survival

Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
  Jun 10, 2011 - 11:27am PT
Three.....pix......not....enough..........starving.........over...here......
domngo

climber
Canada
  Jun 10, 2011 - 11:47am PT
what he said ^^ - Do the fellas on here a favour that browse at work the duty of posting moarrrr pics!
Josh Higgins

Trad climber
San Diego
Author's Reply  Jun 10, 2011 - 01:13pm PT
I didn't send, but came damn close with one fall, so the congrats are a little premature. I'll be back though.

I think maybe people are missing it because it's between the two pics, but there's a link to the full trip report in there. I guess Ryan's pics are so good that people aren't paying attention to the text. Go Ryan!

I'll put the link to the full trip report again: pullharder.org
Ezra Ellis

Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
  Jun 10, 2011 - 03:10pm PT
Thanks for the Trip report and great JOB!!!
Survival, just click the link he posted, it has many pics!!!
James

climber
My twin brother's laundry room
  Jun 10, 2011 - 03:23pm PT
If you fell once- why didn't you pull the rope and redpoint the pitch?
Impaler

Social climber
San Francisco
  Jun 10, 2011 - 03:47pm PT
Awesome job guys! I hope you get on it again soon and send! Nice report.

James: He did lower and pull the rope, but fell again on the same pitch.
Pcutler

climber
Iowa
  Jun 13, 2011 - 02:54pm PT
way cool, thats a bucket list climb for me. way out of my league now, but we'll see..
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