Proverbial summit shot after scaring the bejesus out of the hikers by coming up over the top of the buttress. You're one chance at rock stardom.

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Proverbial summit shot after scaring the bejesus out of the hikers by coming up over the top of the buttress. You're one chance at rock stardom.

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Good photo of the East Face and East Buttress routes on Mt. Whitney.

Looking up toward the Peewee boulder on Whitney's East Buttress.

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Bruce Willey

Jun 10, 2007

“Proverbial summit shot after scaring the bejesus out of the hikers by coming up over the top of the buttress. You're one chance at rock stardom.”

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