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| Start of 'East Buttress' of El Cap (5.10b) | Nate gearing up | View of Middle Cathedral across the valley |
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| Early morning light on El Cap | Looking down at the first pitch | Crux of the route, the start of the second pitch |
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Me on the fourth pitch
Picture taken by Nate Aden |
Happy to be able to place pro
Picture taken by Nate Aden |
Admiring the view during lunch
Picture taken by Nate Aden |
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| Cathedrals | Hard aid east side of El Cap and Horsetail Falls | El Cap meadows |
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| Beginning of pitch 6 | Small trickle of water starting | Starting to turn into drizzle |
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| Then a river | Nate rapping down | Never enough El Cap pictures |
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| Looking up at the now wet upper pitches of 'East Buttress' | Nate rapping down | View up valley |
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| Blurry picture of Nate on the first pitch of 'Royal Arches' (5.7 A0) | Water on the route | Morning in the valley |
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| Yosemite falls peeking out | Nate on pitch 8 | Nate at the pendulum |
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| First try | Second try |
Me leading the 5.7 steep hands section
Picture taken by Nate Aden |
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| Mental crux pitch of the route (pitch 16, friction traverse) | Heading towards North Dome Gully | North Dome |
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| Half Dome | Washington Column | |
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