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Joe on belay, with deep lake directly behind him
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The three of us on top, myself, dave and joe. You can see the nasty weather rolling in to catch us on the way down.
Joe leading pitch 3
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Double J
Jan 11, 2008
“Joe on belay, with deep lake directly behind him”  

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Route Overlay SW Arete
Pitch 2. This pitch starts by ascending the acute right-leaning corner.
Pitch 8. The deep chimney. There was some protection but it seemed a bit runnout by my comfort standards.
Southwest Arete - corners galore!
Jeff starting up the crux pitch.
Looking up at Pitch 6, which climbs a thin crack to just below the roofs, then moves right and up to a belay stance. Jeff is actually at the belay near the top of Pitch 7 which is a short traverse further right to the base of a chimney.
One of the rap anchors. Cam and sling for backup for the first person down.
Pitch 5. This pitch ascends a challenging yet awesome 70-ft fingercrack in a right-facing corner and ends at a nice sloping ledge.
Start of SW Arete. Looking up Pitch 1, which starts at a black dike. There are two ways to start this pitch, shown in the photo. Either climb directly up via a difficult groove (as the first ascent party did) or surmount the easier overhang/chockstone to the right. Then climb up and left towards the crest.
I'm following the second pitch. you can see the grassy approach ledges to get to the base of the route below center, and the first pitch starts on the broken rubble left of me.
Dave happy after crux #1 on pitch 2.
The three of us on top, myself, dave and joe. You can see the nasty weather rolling in to catch us on the way down.