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Half Dome on the approach to Five Open Books | Erick starting up the wet Pitch 1 of "The Caverns" (5.8) |
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| Approaching the wet and slimy crux | Don starting up | Nearing the crux |
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| Looking down the wet first pitch | Erick starting up the wet third pitch | View of the caverns |
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| Looking down the third pitch options: wet slab | Or crossing the caverns | Erick at the belay |
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| Erick starting up the wet fourth pitch, Don at the belay | Erick coming up the final 5.6 section | Don coming up |
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| Nice lighting on Half Dome | Wet descent | El Cap Base: Erick placing the first piece on "Moby Dick" (5.10a) |
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| Further up | Erick at the anchor, right after he took the following picture |
Me wishing the hand stacking section was over
Picture taken by Erick Davidson |
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| Erick rapping down, studying "Ahab" (5.10b) | Don starting on "Moby Dick" | |
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| Erick starting up the "4th class" on "Ahab" (slick and flared offwidth) | Erick trying out all his off-width techniques | |
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| Right-side in attempt | Don starting up the 4th class | Don trying to move on "Ahab" |
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| Don leading "Pine Line" (5.7) | Erick cleaning "Pine Line" | |
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| Reeds Pinnacle: Start of "Ejesta" (5.8) | Don coming up the first pitch | Settling in at the moved belay |
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| Erick coming up the first pitch | Don leading Pitch 2 | |
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| Erick still wondering why he had to wait at the base for half an hour | The fun second pitch | |
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| Don at the belay | Action sequence of Erick on the traverse | |
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| Erick and Don at the belay | ||
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| Looking down the rap | Erick rapping down | Erick leading "Stone Groove" (5.10b) |
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| Don on "Stone Groove" | ||
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