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different view of the same piece.

Bitchin krukonogi hook

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Luke Malatesta

Nov 20, 2007

“contemplating and concentrating”

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Damn, my aiders are still up there, guess I'm goin back up! better put a new screamer on that small brass nut.

Woa. This is what caught me?.... Anyone notice how soft the rock is? <br>

Looking down pitch 2. Photo: Todd Gordon.

Todd Gordon comfortable at the belay. Todd Gordon Collection.

More great pro.

more protection... so what were the bad pieces like? You will just have to go do the route to really know.

Some excellent "fixed gear" on the crux pitch.

different view of the same piece.

contemplating and concentrating

Bitchin krukonogi hook

Our Findings

Looking down the "crux" pitch

P3. I back cleaned once I got a piece above the bolt so that I would have everything possible to get up this thing.

Not a bad view from the belay atop P3.

Sweet another successful lasso! This way I didn't have to risk a factor 2 onto the drilled angle anchor.

Artist Tears

The goods

P1 of my "Clean Solo" in '01. P2 took some real deep thought to not use the hammer and lots of concentration. Truly one of my favorite and most memorable Clean Solo Desert ascents.

The final real pitch...this pitch is the longest, steepest and most casual.

NOT COOL! Maybe scratching a name (like the routes name) on a first isn't so bad but it's not ok for everyone to do it there after, like bragging rights, there was someone in 03. next thing you know it looks like a chalk board.

Eric higher up P4.

Eric on pitch 4, skipping most of the studs and placing natural clean gear for pro. alot of them are angled downward.

it wasn't easy getting to here but I was pretty happy to be top stepping on a small nut to clip the first bolt in the bolt ladder above.

Looking down pitch 4

Eric on the lead.

Pitch 1

How they spotted this line in the black streak is beyond me.

from near the top on the way back down.

C.B. Gettin' it done on P3 of Arist Tears

this was set up above the first 2 pins, and below the nut that caught me. I figured it might keep from crashing into helpless eric below.

looking down from the belay on top of P3.

Artist's Tears. Photo: Todd Gordon

looking down from the top.

Nice tricam

More bomber pro, great surface area contact... It was to begin with anyway, tells ya something about the rock.(I watched it crumble around the lobes as I was on it)

Hooking the next scar off the pitch 1 belay. scar = huge freaking sandy shallow blown-out fist-sized bottomless hole. Excellent route-finding skills!

ripped scream aid, I'm suprised the nut held. Good thing as I stopped just above Eric at the belay.

Greg Epperson on pitch 1.<br>
Photo by Todd Gordon.