The last easy pitch of Braille Book, one of Bridwell's most truly fine excursions.

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The last easy pitch of Braille Book, one of Bridwell's most truly fine excursions.

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Wide crack climbing near top of Pitch 4.

Fun Chimney Stemming action.

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John Ely

Oct 13, 2009

“The last easy pitch of Braille Book, one of Bridwell's most truly fine excursions.”

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Route overlay for Braille Book.

Braille Book goes up the obvious open book.

Pitch 4 was the crux. Stem if you can stomach it, or just ow it. Working hard for every move.

20 foot crack that finishes off Pitch 4.

Braille book: top of pitch 5. Trusting that floating tree belay with obviously exposed root structure. At least it's alive.

Braille Book. The big obvious corner that goes up to the diagonal band of trees. The last pitch is the face that connects the diagonal band of trees to the trees on the summit of the buttress.

View of base

Pulling the roof pitch

Braille book: top of pitch 5. Trusting that floating tree belay with obviously exposed root structure. At least it's alive.

Braille book pitch 1

Braille book pitch 1

Braille book: Fun exposed pitch 5. First time I really had to not look down when leading.

Braille book: Fun exposed pitch 5. First time I really had to not look down when leading.

Pitch 3

Kevin Sargent belaying from top of pitch 1. Braille Book

Not sure if I ended at the right spot on the top of pitch 3 but I was running low on gear so this was where I set up my anchor (two cams in a flake behind the triton rock feature protecting upward pull).

Braille Book

Looking down 'the book'

First pitch of Braille Book.

Coming up P3 in the thin nuts section.

C'mon people, stop with "obvious corner" or "obvious open book." Not helpful.

Dave and Mike at base of first pitch of Braille Book

Allison swapping onto lead, to link upper half of P2 and all of P3. Sep 2016.

Leliko high up on Braille Book

Matt leading on pitch 1

fall colors on p1 of "Braille Book"

Start of P5

Starting up Pitch 1 of Braille Book

maybe just a little sandbagged?

Dihedral Fun

Topside view across at the Spires and the Valley beyond. Sep 2016.

Dave leading first pitch of Braille Book

Wide crack climbing near top of Pitch 4.

The last easy pitch of Braille Book, one of Bridwell's most truly fine excursions.

Fun Chimney Stemming action.

Pitch 5, which is around to the right a bit.

Coming up P1

Pitch 6, fun jugs.

Braille Book, looking up at Pitch 3

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