through the grovelly part on P3

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through the grovelly part on P3

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approaching the P3 belay

Top of Rainbow Buttress. George Washington tower in the center.

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fossana

Feb 16, 2011

“through the grovelly part on P3”

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Overview of the Rainbow Buttress area.

Eagle Wall from the lower Painted Bowl with routes marked (note that bottom pitches of these routes are not visible due to the "foreground bump")

P3 squeeze chimney

The obligatory feet shot. Top of the 5th pitch of Rainbow Buttress. Yeah, it's a long way down...

Pitch 3 starts with a short offwidth slot, then moves right on the varnished face.

This is the steep and stout crack on P.2 of Rainbow Buttress. It will give you a taste of things to come! Good jams and wide stems! We belayed using the crack with the bush in it in the lower part of the photo, which allowed Sara to keep some of the bigger cams for later.

The varnished corner on pitch 2 of the Rainbow Buttress.

Dave Holliday on Pitch 2 and the crux corner

working the stem on the start of P2

Diana leads the new, bolted last pitch.

slabby approach to Eagle Wall

final grovely moves on P2

The chicken lips descent. From the top of Rainbow Buttress head up and East for a few hundred yards. Go down the gully just left of the climber with the two large pines in it. Two single rope rappels (60m rope required)brings you to the top of Black Orpheus.

Approaching the top of the pitch 2 corner.

From the top of the tower, most people climb up and right to gain the big, left-facing dihedral.

starting up P5

looking across Painted Bowl

approaching the P3 belay

through the grovelly part on P3

Top of Rainbow Buttress. George Washington tower in the center.

looking down P2

Above the big corner on the dihedral variation, easier rock continues to the large ledge.

Rainbow Buttress

Eric works his way through the upper chimney on pitch six

The summit of Rainbow Buttress!

On the 3-hour (plus) descent off Rainbow Buttress. "Just leave me here..."

The view down the upper corner on pitch 3.

A wide stem in the left-facing corner of pitch 6.

The dihedral pitch.

Headed towards Oak Creek Canyon

looking back down to Wilson Pimple

first 3 belays

Above the tower looms the sustained, thin 5.8 corner that is on the right-hand variation to the Rainbow Buttress route.

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