Moon Goddess Arete, Temple Crag 5.8

 
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A big, exposed step across. Stretch!
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Upper section of MGA, seen from VBA the following day. Brian is on P13 according to the SuperTopo topo.
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Looking back at Chris beyond the crappy loose Ibrium traverse pitch, where I dropped down a ways, traversed a ways, and climbed back up about 30-40'.
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Looking back on the crappy loose downclimb & traverse before I started heading up into the crappy loose chute. Doubles were helpful for rope drag here.
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Crappy Ibrium traverse pitch. 'Only' class 3!
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Climbers traversing around the First Tower, seen from Belay 9 (our 3rd belay anchor).
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Looking down the 230 ft linked pitch I did up Ibrium Tower. Can you see Chris belaying a the notch? First Tower is below.
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Upper Ibrium Tower from the 2nd white band where you traverse right. I think the clean & good 5.9 variation continues up the cracks from here?
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Upper Ibrium Tower at the first white band.
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Ibrium Tower from the notch. Numbers correspond to belays in the SuperTopo topo. I linked these 2 pitches w/ a 70m rope so I'm not as certain where Belay 7 is.
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Soloist nearing the Tyrolean notch on Sun Ribbon Arete.
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Soloist catching up to our elevation on Sun Ribbon Arete. 3rd Lake is behind.
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Soloist just past the First Tower on Sun Ribbon Arete.
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Chris finishing the 5.7 traverse of the First Tower.
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Chris following on the 5.7 traverse of the First Tower.
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Downclimbing into the exposed notch. Watch the loose blocks!
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Looking back at Chris near the end of the exposed 5.7 traverse around the First Tower. From here things stay pretty exposed for the rest of the route.
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The exposed 5.7 traverse around the First Tower. Ibrium Tower is next!
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Ibrium Tower seen from just before our first belay at the exposed 5.7 traverse around the First Tower.
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Nearing the First Tower (left) on the simul-climb. Ibrium Tower looms above.
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Temple Crag Aretes from the ledges. Climbers often get lost here. Take a close look at the routes from a distance before you get here! Or reference this photo.
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30 min exposure of Temple Crag. The coloration of the sky is from the streaking of the Milky Way
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Temple Crag from our bivy above 2nd Lake
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The 3 classic arete climbs on Temple Crag. Dark Star, which ascends the large buttress on the right, is in a league of its own.
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Mt. Gayley and Mt. Sill, from the summit of Temple Crag.
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