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| Oct 1- Manure Pile Buttress, start of 'Nutcracker' (5.8) | Top part of the first pitch | Nate placing pro |
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| Nate near the crux of the first pitch | Last member of the group of five ahead of us, start of second pitch | View towards Cathedral Rocks |
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| View up the valley | View of Sentinel Rock | Nate leading the third pitch |
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| Climber coming up the second pitch | View of the parking lot from the third belay station | View up the valley, Half Dome peaking out |
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| View from third belay station | Crux of climb, mantle move at start of the fourth pitch | Climbers relaxing at the top |
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| View towards Half Dome | Looking back down the climb | Swan Slab, 'Grant's Crack' (5.9) |
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Oct 2- Glacier Point Apron, 'The Grack- Center' (5.6)
Picture taken by Nate Aden |
Me placing pro
Picture taken by Nate Aden |
Looking down from the second belay
Picture taken by Nate Aden |
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Me getting ready to climb
Picture taken by Nate Aden |
Me at the second belay
Picture taken by Nate Aden |
Paul starting the third pitch
Picture taken by Nate Aden |
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Nate's self-portrait
Picture taken by Nate Aden |
Paul leading the third pitch, Joern belaying- action sequence...
Picture taken by Nate Aden |
Picture taken by Nate Aden |
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Picture taken by Nate Aden |
Me looking back up at the route
Picture taken by Nate Aden |
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| El Cap | Half Dome through the trees | |
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