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All Locations > California > Yosemite NP > Yosemite Valley > Valley S Side > D. Half Dome > 1. Northwest Face > Regular Northwest Fac… (5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a C1)

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Rope toss: This is what you are aiming for. Crack by my left foot is just big enough for a rope. I just used a biner attached to a fig-8 on a bight. Worked great.

Overlay of Regular NW Face on High Resolution Photo

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Nate Furman

Jan 25, 2007

“Looking down valley”

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