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The Russian Arete starts just about 20-30 feet to the right of the obvious, detached pillar.
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Final pile (class 3-4).
Looking at the Russian from the bottom of the SOB. The route follows the corner-chimney system out near the prow of the buttress.
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Trask
May 1, 2008
“The Russian Arete starts just about 20-30 feet to the right of the obvious, detached pillar.”  

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Wally
Denver
Wally   Denver
This is a good beta photo, but the 20 to 30 feet is wrong and very misleading. The start is about 80 to 100 feet right of the obvious detached pillar. May 27, 2011

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This is a beautiful place to climb! Looking up canyon from midway up the route.
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