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The 'slab with crack' pitch below the Great Gendarme
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Justus on the knife-edge section of the ridge.
After the offwidth at a rest above the fixed 4. Great exposure on this pitch!
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Mike McL
Aug 10, 2011
“The 'slab with crack' pitch below the Great Gendarme”  

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