Starting up Pitch 1 of Braille Book

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Starting up Pitch 1 of Braille Book

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The last easy pitch of Braille Book, one of Bridwell's most truly fine excursions.

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Mike Morley

Jun 25, 2007

“Starting up Pitch 1 of Braille Book”

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Route overlay for Braille Book.

Braille Book goes up the obvious open book.

Pitch 4 was the crux. Stem if you can stomach it, or just ow it. Working hard for every move.

Braille Book. The big obvious corner that goes up to the diagonal band of trees. The last pitch is the face that connects the diagonal band of trees to the trees on the summit of the buttress.

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Braille book: top of pitch 5. Trusting that floating tree belay with obviously exposed root structure. At least it's alive.

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Pitch 3

Kevin Sargent belaying from top of pitch 1. Braille Book

Not sure if I ended at the right spot on the top of pitch 3 but I was running low on gear so this was where I set up my anchor (two cams in a flake behind the triton rock feature protecting upward pull).

Braille Book

Looking down 'the book'

First pitch of Braille Book.

Coming up P3 in the thin nuts section.

C'mon people, stop with "obvious corner" or "obvious open book." Not helpful.

maybe just a little sandbagged?

Coming up P1

Leliko high up on Braille Book

Matt leading on pitch 1

fall colors on p1 of "Braille Book"

Allison swapping onto lead, to link upper half of P2 and all of P3. Sep 2016.

Fun Chimney Stemming action.

The last easy pitch of Braille Book, one of Bridwell's most truly fine excursions.

Starting up Pitch 1 of Braille Book

Dihedral Fun

Pitch 6, fun jugs.

Pitch 5, which is around to the right a bit.

Topside view across at the Spires and the Valley beyond. Sep 2016.

Wide crack climbing near top of Pitch 4.

Braille Book, looking up at Pitch 3

Start of P5