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Andrea Gordon at the base of the climb. Photo by Todd Gordon
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What the hell am I supposed to do here???<br> <br> (photo - Kathleen Skinner, March '02)
Meriah Meloche belaying. In the bottom of the photo is the stick we got from down by the river for the clip. March 2003.
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Apr 30, 2007
“Andrea Gordon at the base of the climb. Photo by Todd Gordon”  

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Lowering off after a "rafting ascent" which consists of<br> Flip flops, swimsuit, nrs straps for daisy chains, and slings for harness.
Doing the bandito
Aiden O using a broom to clip the first bolt.
The engineering (crux) for this route: hammer, 2 nuts, and a whole lot of duct tape. I added a rip cord tied into a mule hitch to close the carabiner gate after clipping.
Not that this thing really needs a topo... There's a PDF version of this formatted to fit on an 8.5 x 11 page here: http://www.thealoof.com/climbing-mexican-hat-utah/
Cole during our full moon ascent
Bring the beers and some cards, the summit is a nice place to spend Thanksgiving morning.
Reaching bolt #2.
stick clipping
Mark leading the Bandito Route, Mexican Hat
If you feel like aid soloing, or would like to make an anchor, here's what you get!
Thanks for the beer K!!! Glad we got there before it got skunked! We came off the river on 4/14, drove by and saw you up there too.