After four days of climbing and enduring a stormy night in the notch, our reward: The Summit.

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After four days of climbing and enduring a stormy night in the notch, our reward: The Summit.

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Notice the rope configuration: the climber is on a rope that is anchored to a tree and clipped to a crucial bolt (clipped while on rappel). Rope then runs through the spire tip anchors and up to another tree. By untying the knot at the tree on the upper line, the ropes can be pulled through and retrieved.

Lost Arrow from Glacier Point

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Darshan Ahluwalia

Feb 3, 2007

“After four days of climbing and enduring a stormy night in the notch, our reward: The Summit.”

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Notice the rope configuration: the climber is on a rope that is anchored to a tree and clipped to a crucial bolt (clipped while on rappel). Rope then runs through the spire tip anchors and up to another tree. By untying the knot at the tree on the upper line, the ropes can be pulled through and retrieved.

After four days of climbing and enduring a stormy night in the notch, our reward: The Summit.

Lost Arrow from Glacier Point

The tree and bolts used to rap down to the Notch

Anchors on top of the tip & anchors on the rim (yellow) Also the midway rap anchors on the rim (red) & the single bolt directly across from the tip (red) for parties that want to clip the line to it on the way down so the tyrolean goes directly across

Lost Arrow Tyrol - 8/22/08

Erin Green jugging to the top.

Just reaching the top

Lost Arrow Spire

My dad on the Tyrolean!

Half way up the Spire.

Top o' LAS

Top of the spire

Jake on the Tyrolean, PC Hale Konopka

LA Spire Tyrolean Traverse

Scott on the Tyrolean - Yosemite Falls were going off!

The view from pitch 2 of the Lost Arrow Tip, Yosemite Valley

Starting up pitch 1 of the Lost Arrow Tip, Yosemite Valley

Peaceful summit and one of my favorites.

mike takes the airy step off the notch, heather enjoys the ledge. type 1 fun!

Rapping into the notch

Good Times

This is the beginning of pitch #2, leaving Salathe Ledge, and launching into the crux. A hook here is not vital, but sure makes you feel better given the exposure.

Upper Yosemite Falls, Lost Arrow Tip, Yosemite CA

The final pitch on Lost Arrow Spire, Yosemite CA

Bolt ladder finish, Lost Arrow Spire, CA

Will Butler on the Lost Arrow Tyrolean (I won the rochambeau to go across second and thus get the classic shot)

jugging to salathe ledge

The view from the notch from the anchors

Enjoying the mist back in the 90s.

The Lost Arrow Spire as seen from the Valley floor.

Self-pic at the notch, ready to make the exposed first step out

The Lost Arrow Tip from the Valley Floor. Notice the shadow of the spire on the main wall.

Jugging the first pitch out of the notch with some nice exposure.

Spindrift

Gary Reno.

Traversing

Little air beneath the heels. Bring lots of draws

Tyrolean

Jugging up to Salathe Ledge trailing the rap line for setting up the tyrolean traverse.

Having fun on Lost Arrow Spire

Brad Peterson Jugging across the Tyrolean Traverse in windy conditions.

Big exposure taken straight down at the crux.

Looking back to the Spire tip while making the traverse.

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Darshan Ahluwalia

Orange, CA

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