Splitter fingers on pitch 5.

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Splitter fingers on pitch 5.

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Pitch 1 of Sands of Time

The route as it unfolded for us! what an adventure. You can walk off the dome to climbers right.

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Bryan G

Oct 25, 2011

“Splitter fingers on pitch 5.”

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Splitter fingers on pitch 5.

The route as it unfolded for us! what an adventure. You can walk off the dome to climbers right.

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Route Overlay Sands of Time.

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Base of the route. Pitch 1.

Calaveras Dome - Sands of Time, Time Traveler. Original topo by Jay Smith, plus my edits

On the start in late spring after a hard winter.<br>
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2011

topo

This is the chimney on the right side of Tibeten Tower

The money pitch

Conga line coming up pitch 5.

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The start of pitch 7. <br>
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Photos by KD

The right side of Tibetan Tower

The view

Don't do this variation to start pitch 2. Otherwise....

...this will happen. <br>
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No, the rope should not look like this.

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Pitch 1 of Sands of Time

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