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Bruce Pech > Photos: 1969-2009
The Caves bivy in Garnet Canyon before climbing the Direct Exum on the Grand. Tetons. August 1980
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Colorado offers excellent backcountry spring skiing on its 12,000'-14,000' peaks. The east face of Stanley Mountain near Berthoud Pass. May 1986
Skyladder: Mt. Andromeda 1974<br> <br> Our Salewa screws wouldn't bite in the porous ice so we ran out every pitch "anchored" by boot axe belays or warthogs hammered into shale. Patey's definition of a roped party as "several men falling simultaneously" came to mind. Often.
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Bruce Pech
May 6, 2009
“The Caves bivy in Garnet Canyon before climbing the Direct Exum on the Grand. Tetons. August 1980”  

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wendy weiss
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