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| Pitches 9 & 10 of Venusian Blind Arete. |
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| Pitches 9 & 10 of Venusian Blind Arete. |
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| Tyrolean on SRA seen from VBA through the notch between Ibrium Tower & First Tower on Moon Goddess Arete. Sweet! (This is a photo montage of one climber crossing the gap). |
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| Tyrolean on SRA seen from VBA through the notch between Ibrium Tower & First Tower on Moon Goddess Arete. Sweet! |
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| Brian and Peter on Moon Goddess Arete. |
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| P6-P10 of VBA. P7 was one of the best pitches of the route. Complex, varied, and wild! |
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| Jon & Thomas on P6 of VBA. |
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| Brian and Peter on Moon Goddess Arete. |
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| Jon & Thomas on P4 of VBA. |
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| Brian & Peter on the lower pitches of Moon Goddess Arete. |
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| VBA & MGA from the approach ledges. Numbers correspond to the belay numbers in the SuperTopo topo. |
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| Image capture from Terminator Chris D's view at the approach ledge to SRA. Chris T & I are below starting over to the ledges of VBA & MGA. |
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| 2 teams of climbers are ascending to the start of Sun Ribbon Arete. I later learned that 2 of them were my friends Chris DeWitt & Bryan Bell. |
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| SRA from the ledges to VBA & MGA. First Tower is on the right & the Tyrolean is done just beyond the highpoint in this photo. |
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| Starting the approach late from 2nd Lake. |
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| Middle Palisade, Norman Clyde Pk, & Mt Williams at sunset (left to right). Firebird Ridge looks sweet in sunlit profile. |
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| The Palisade Crest (proper) at sunset from the topout of Moon Goddess Arete. The traverse is awesome and I'd love to go back to finish it! |
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| Tomorrow's objective - Venusian Blind Arete - seen from the end of Moon Goddess Arete. |
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| 5.6 section of the final pitch of Moon Goddess Arete. |
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| Chris leading the final 5.7 pitch. Watch for loose blocks that are tempting to pull & stand on. Good hollow flakes too. |
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| The 2nd to last pitch on the route (5.7), or our last pitch! See from the rappel. |
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| Looking back at the annoying 15' rappel. It took longer than I had liked, but the downclimb here was a bit steep & difficult here (5.8?) |
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| P13 & P14. Or was it P14 & P15? Whatever. (P6 & P7 for us)There are 2 pitches from the notch to the end of the route, which can be linked w/ a 70m rope (P7 for us). |
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| A nice cl. 4 step on P13 of Moon Goddess Arete (our P6) |
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| Cl. 4 ridge traversing. The rocks were mostly solid, and natural running pro was plentiful. |
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