Lessons in winter climbing: keep your hands warm

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Lessons in winter climbing: keep your hands warm

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View looking back after completing the p2 crux traverse

P4 crack takes an orange totem or blue C4

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Doug Hemken

Jan 22, 2007

“Lessons in winter climbing: keep your hands warm”

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Bomber pro on the last pitch!

Pitch belays

Start of Purblind Pillar - Interactive 360°: https://go.ibex.fit/mppp

The start of pitch 5.<br>
Mike on lead.

The third pitch, with the two bolts marked in red.

Purblind Pillar; pitch 1 marked

Lessons in trad climbing: use your feet

Jessica at the Pitch 3 Belay as seen from the bolt on the traverse.

We were across the way on Group Therapy. This looked like a really cool pitch.

The wide section at the start of pitch 4.

Mike following up the fun pitch one

Marc rounding the corner above the short smooth slabby 5.8 crux of Pitch 2. Photo by Fran.

Brett on p5 of Purblind Pillar

Deb starting the crack of P4. Pretty wide in places!

The start of the easy, straightforward descent (walk-off) of Purblind Pillar.

The Purblind Pillar route on the Angel Food Wall. Photo taken on 21 Oct 06. Numbered circles show anchor locations described in the route topo. Anchor 1 is a sling setup and Anchor 4 has two bolted hangers. All other anchors must be built with gear.

The 6th pitch. The first bolt is just above the top of the brown patch on the left.

Cool arch near the base of the Purblind Pillar.

View upwards towards pitch 2. If you can’t see the bolt near the skyline about 40 feet above you when looking for an anchor position for pitch 1, keep climbing.

One of the many beautiful views you get when climbing Purblind Pillar.

Starting Pitch 1

Last pitch, Chris at the 1st bolt

The easy traverse on Pitch 3 to the main pillar.

The upper section of pitch 4.

Charlie belaying at start of p1

Beta view of p2

climbing buddies of 20 years on the last pitch of Purblind Pillar.

Joda (JB) on the last pitch. Fun day with Jodie and Marcy.

Just goofin off at the summit. Very fun climb.

I've moved across the beautiful ledge to the water/groove crack system, as I started up the fun pitch 3.<br>
(Mike at belay)<br>
The rope flips up nicely, as you move higher up the pitch.<br>
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Start of p5 crux pitch, good foot holds

Link of p2 to p3 following up to reach doug at start of p4

The face climbing crux on the second pitch. Todd is right where the bolt is located.

Cameron A. approaching the crux traverse.

Deb at bolt of P2

Riding the surfboard belay on the Pillar

We were on Group Therapy and I took this picture of some unknown climbers.

The "elephant trunk" belay area at the top of pitch 3. The sling in this photo is a 240cm so its...a big hunk or rock! Awesome belay area if you stand to the right of the pass through in the rock.

Larry seconding the climax of the route

p2 left corner crack up to the traverse with thin holds on the face

Topping out on Purblind Pillar. 15 Feb 2015.

View looking back after completing the p2 crux traverse

Lessons in winter climbing: keep your hands warm

P4 crack takes an orange totem or blue C4

On knobs at the start of the fifth pitch.

Photo of me Doug and Charlie on the nice p5 bolted belay ledge

Barry on traverse of P3. Big holds, just feeling a bit exposed.

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Larry DeAngelo

Las Vegas, NV

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