Crest Jewel on North Dome.

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Crest Jewel on North Dome.

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Crux pitch 10d blankness of the Direct !

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Michael Schneiter

Mar 19, 2009

“Crest Jewel on North Dome.”

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Crest Jewel on North Dome.

checking email on the 1st pitch

Seth leading pitch 3 of Crest Jewel, October 6, 2009

that's me on crest jewel

North Dome-Crest Jewel

North Dome-Crest Jewel. Absolutely stunning!

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Photo: Corey Gargano

Me on the Jewel '83

Crest jewel with penalty slack 2012

Start of Crest Jewel Direct. It's _left_ of the giant right-facing corner (and way left of the huge arch).

Having Fun on Crest Jewel

Beauty views of half dome from Crest Jewel

Burt Lindquist(L) and Dave Rone, summit of North Dome, June 2004.

Burt: "Are we there yet!?" Pitch 7

Greg Murphy taking advantage of the the excellent snooze belay

Bob Passerini at the overlap high up on Crested Jewel

Early morning, Burt Lindquist on top of North Dome, approached from Tioga Rd.

Halfway up on my Dreamy rope solo of the Jewel!!

Route Overlay Royal Arches to Crest Jewel

Cooper at the helm navigating this runout sea of smooth, slabby granite. Somewhere on the second half of the route. October, 2022.

A Sea of Slab

Pitch 4 - Spectacular slab climbing!

Dave Rone stepping off the dike at the start of the 3rd pitch.

me following one of the upper pitches, photo courtesy Bill McConachie

Pitch 6, 5.10a. The slab keeps going and going . . .

Fred finishing. Pretty good views for the belayer to enjoy while yarding on the rope

Vic finishing last pitch...maybe '87...does this qualify as a "historical photo"?

Burt seconding 2nd (crux) pitch. Top of Washington Column below and left.

On Gaia, if you zoom in on satellite view, you can see a path for North Dome Gully descent, and a way to the regular start. The pin is where we cut into direct start

Crux pitch 10d blankness of the Direct !

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