Traveler's Buttress P1, harder than it looks.

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Traveler's Buttress P1, harder than it looks.

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Traveler Buttress climbs the cracks at the center of the photo, left of the arête. Corrugation Corner is the huge right facing corner.

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topher-dom

Apr 21, 2007

“Traveler's Buttress P1, harder than it looks.”

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First pitch of Traveler Buttress.

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From the second pitch of the North Face.

Traveler Buttress climbs the cracks at the center of the photo, left of the arête. Corrugation Corner is the huge right facing corner.

Traveler's Buttress P1, harder than it looks.

Gotta love exposure

Taken with iPhone 5 but I absolutely love this photo as it conveys my happiness of being there so well...

Traveler's Buttress from approach

The awesome "Airy traverse" on pitch 3

The arete. There is a fixed pin just up and right, then go left around the corner.

Starting up the 3rd pitch

looking down from the top of the 3rd pitch

Top of offwidth. You can stem the two cracks as soon as you get spit out of the offwidth.

The second pitch offwidth of Traveler Buttress.

Offwidthy goodness :)<br>
Half way up I was able to jam to put in gear by expanding my chest out. That held my body in there solid.

3rd pitch. Can you spot my belayer?

The great third pitch of Traveler Buttress.

Variation of the 2nd pitch if you're bad at offwidths like me. The start is to the right of the offwidth, around the corner. It's bolted but a small nut was very useful. It's a single pitch route in its own right.

Anticipation of a long way up... which once done I want to repeat all over again RIGHT AWAY :)

leading up to the arete on the 3rd pitch

Following M. on Traveler Buttress.

Low on the first pitch.

Arete climbing at it's finest, third pitch of Travelers Buttress

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