Carl and Justin atop pitch 4, great perch.

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Carl and Justin atop pitch 4, great perch.

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Looking up at pitch 5. We climbed the crack in the center of the photo, although you could probably also climb the juggy face to the left or the wide corner with chockstones to the right. Going straight up seemed a bit hard but was good climbing.

Climbers on the Saber. Taken from the Petit raps - 7/25/15 9:45AM.

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Jul 16, 2011

“Carl and Justin atop pitch 4, great perch.”

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Climbers on the Saber. Taken from the Petit raps - 7/25/15 9:45AM.

Following Pitch 4 on the SW Corner of the Saber

Southwest Corner, Sabre.

Awesome exposure on the Southwest Corner.

Unknown party on the Southwest Corner from the Petit.

Andrew Klein following about half way up the crux pitch of the SW corner (5.10a) of the Saber.

Start of the 10a pitch.

Tony Bubb (in blue) finishing the beautiful corner on The Sabre. Sweet exposure!

Justin on pitch 5, almost into the big corner.

A route overlay of the Southwest Corner on The Saber.

The corner on pitch 1.

The top of the crux pitch.

Frosty linking the middle pitches.

Alternatives on the upper pitches of the SW Corner. The purple line is the money. The pink variation is another way I've climbed it. The red line is Guy H's line. <br>
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One warning is that I've taken a variation at the beginning of pitch 4 by heading up a 30 ft runout and traversing above a roof across at an overlap. It's exquisite exposure this way.

There are many variations at the top. We ended up taking purple to pink to green. The green finish had its share of "dubious" blocks although the top dihedral was a lot of fun. The leftward, rising traverse at the start of purple was fantastic with amazing exposure!

SW Corner.

A high res picture of the upper 2 pitches and the route that we took. There appears to be many variations. Has anyone climbed the first dihedral to the left of the arete? The protection looked a little thin in that direction.

High Res of the first 3 pitches...<br>
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The 3rd pitch had a few gripping 5.10 moves as you link thin cracks moving right from the arete back to the large LF dihedral. I thought this pitch was harder than the "crux" pitch.

Leading P3 with Petite climbers in the backround.

Pitch 3. Go left from belay, then ascend up face with thin cracks, and climb the left-facing corner above.

Looking down at the Petit summit from the top of Southwest Corner.

Pitch 4. Climb a dihedral on the left side of the arete. A couple of choices.

Starting up pitch 1.

About to reach the first belay.

Pitch 2.

Andrew Klein following the classic upper dihedrals (5.9) on the SW corner of the Saber (5.10a).

Pitch 4. Awesome exposure as you go left around the arete.

Petit on the left, Saber in the center and the Foil on the right.

Looking up at pitch 5. We climbed the crack in the center of the photo, although you could probably also climb the juggy face to the left or the wide corner with chockstones to the right. Going straight up seemed a bit hard but was good climbing.

Carl and Justin atop pitch 4, great perch.