Paul feeling out the moves of the traverse. The belay stance can be seen on the skyline right of Paul's head. It's still a long ways to go. Although Paul's position is probably the right way to start the traverse, Paul got suckered into the low traverse which got pretty intense towards the end!

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Paul feeling out the moves of the traverse. The belay stance can be seen on the skyline right of Paul's head. It's still a long ways to go. Although Paul's position is probably the right way to start the traverse, Paul got suckered into the low traverse which got pretty intense towards the end!

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Paul Rezucha

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“Paul feeling out the moves of the traverse. The belay stance can be seen on the skyline right of Paul's head. It's still a long ways to go. Although Paul's position is probably the right way to start the traverse, Paul got suckered into the low traverse which got pretty intense towards the end!”

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Paul feeling out the moves of the traverse. The belay stance can be seen on the skyline right of Paul's head. It's still a long ways to go. Although Paul's position is probably the right way to start the traverse, Paul got suckered into the low traverse which got pretty intense towards the end!

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