You pretty much follow a route that goes just left of the skyline in this photo.

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You pretty much follow a route that goes just left of the skyline in this photo.

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Nate about halfway up the route

Top of Tenaya Peak

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Chris D

Sep 19, 2011

“You pretty much follow a route that goes just left of the skyline in this photo.”

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We chose to just follow the ridgeline down as opposed to the ledge descent. Parties that took the ledges ended up at the bottom in about the same time as us (and we're old and slow).

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Kim (her first solo) making the last vertical moves on the final pitch.

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Follow the edge up. Stay left.

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John Dalbey on Tenaya Peak

the perfect photo op (photo by Miguel)

Looking down the route up Tenaya midway up the buttress

Nate about halfway up the route

You pretty much follow a route that goes just left of the skyline in this photo.

Top of Tenaya Peak

the views along the way to the summit are so very stunning... so many incredible views of the high country

the views on the descent are spectacular...

Tim on Tenaya Peak. 7/2012.

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Noriko on the lower slabs.