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DAFF Dome: "Cooke Book" (5.10a) | Looking down first pitch of "Cooke Book" (direct start) | Erick coming up the first pitch |
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| Erick starting up the 5.6 loose flakes on Pitch 2 | Nice belay ledge at the top of Pitch 2 | |
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| Pitch 3 | Looking down at Erick | Erick coming up Pitch 3 |
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| Pitch 4, Erick placing pro before the crux | Past the crux | Erick coming up the chossy Pitch 5 |
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| Goal for the next day, West Ridge of Mt. Conness | Approach to Mt. Conness, Carnegie Institute | |
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| Detour #1, Erick going the wrong way up the talus | Looking towards Mt. Dana | Old artifact |
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| Next goal, the first notch | Back on route, Erick heading towards the notch | |
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| Mt. Conness Glacier | Large sandy plateau, correct descent notch to left of snow patch | West Ridge and SW Face of Mt. Conness |
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| Mt. Conness summit | North Ridge | |
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| View from summit, Conness Lakes, Saddlebag Lake | Another view of the plateau and notch | Erick hiding on the descent |
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| The correct "slight gully" to ascent | Lembert Dome: Erick trying to spot the first bolt of "Crying Time Again" (5.10a) | At the first bolt |
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| No hands rest at the second bolt | Erick coming up Pitch 2 | Erick leading Pitch 3 |
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| Erick leading Pitch 4 | Erick leading Pitch 5 | |
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| Marmot on the descent | Party on the last pitch of "Crying Time Again" | |
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| Approach to Eichorn Pinnacle, deer in meadow | Erick psyching himself up for the first pitch | Cathedral Lake |
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| Erick leading Pitch 1, Eichorn Pinnacle, "West Pillar" (5.10b direct variation) | Looking down Pitch 2 | Erick coming up Pitch 2 |
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| Erick past the crux, Pitch 3 | First view of the summit | Erick coming up Pitch 4 |
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| Erick at the summit | Summit register | |
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| Empty except for a few treasures | Erick on the summit | Cathedral Peak |
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| Budd Lake | How do I rap? | |
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| Summit | Scary descent (class 3?!) | Last view of Eichorn Pinnacle |
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