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Nearing the Top. Looking from the second
rappel station to the final steep pitches of the North
Ridge route. Sam and I are in the bottom of the
frame, while Tom is way up high near the summit.
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Joel
Catches Up.
Joel cruised up to where Sam and I were and climbed
the rest of the way with us to the summit. He
wasn't originally going to climb this route, but we
talked him into it. He did the rappels with a
dirtbag homemade harness made of slings, and free soloed the rest of
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Climber on West Ridge. Near the top, we
could see the West Ridge route where it joined ours.
I saw a couple of climbers topping out on the route,
which made for a very cool photo against the backdrop
of the Cathedral Range.
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Sam on the Ridge. Sam having a great time
on the incredible sticky granite.
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Matthew and Christianne. Now above the
level of the second tower, we looked back and saw the
last of our group preparing to rappel.
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Near the
Summit.
Joel claws his way up the final steep rock towards the
summit. The magnificent ridge snakes out behind
him.
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Climbing into the Sun. Sam heads up the
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