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Short pitch with ever increasing difficulty. Starting the brutal crux near the top (thin hands, no feet).
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Shirt Tail Peak, high above Eldorado Canyon.
Topping out the Potato Chip.
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Mark Roth
May 9, 2011
“Short pitch with ever increasing difficulty. Starting the brutal crux near the top (thin hands, no feet).”  

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Jay Eggleston
Denver
Jay Eggleston   Denver
Really hard for 10c! May 9, 2011

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An unknown climber battles the crux on the Potato Chip Route. Photo by Tony B 6/2011. If this is you, email me and I'll send you the files.
Shirt Tail Peak, high above Eldorado Canyon.
Short pitch with ever increasing difficulty. Starting the brutal crux near the top (thin hands, no feet).
Topping out the Potato Chip.
On the second pitch traverse.
Starting up the P. Chip.
A close view of the 2nd pitch crack.
Joseffa Meir checks her footing on the mellow but airy second pitch the Potato Chip Route in Eldo. Photo by Tony Bubb, 2002.
Joseffa Meir turns the corner for the second pitch the Potato Chip Route in Eldo, to do the airy traverse. Photo by Tony Bubb, 2002.
Tony Bubb struggles for the thin-hands jams at the crux of the Potato Chip Route (sandbagged 10c) in Eldo, right after the wide section. Photo by Joseffa Meir, 2002.
Tony Bubb starts back in the Alcove to follow P1 of the Potato Chip Route (10c) in Eldo. Photo by Joseffa Meir.

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Jay Eggleston
Denver