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Third pitch of Ruta Normal, wide crack through beautiful steep, white granite, that may feel like the crux of the route for most climbers.
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Photo of climber, Josh Harris, scoping the 3rd pitch.
Kirk Heatwole topping out the 3rd pitch. Photo is take from a set of rappel bolts. Rappelling from this bolted anchor requires a 70m rope to reach the base of the steep wall, or 2 ropes to make it all the way to the rappel station. The traverse from the base of this steep pitch to the next next rappel anchor is exposed easy 4th class. Below that set of rap anchors, there is the option of a slung pinch in a squeeze chimney to rap off of to the ground or a 2-pin anchor at almost equal height. There are 2 single-rope raps are above us. 5 raps in total.
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Jim Mediatore
Dec 18, 2011
“Third pitch of Ruta Normal, wide crack through beautiful steep, white granite, that may feel like the crux of the route for most climbers.”  

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Photo of climber, Josh Harris, scoping the 3rd pitch.
Third pitch of Ruta Normal, wide crack through beautiful steep, white granite, that may feel like the crux of the route for most climbers.
Kirk Heatwole topping out the 3rd pitch. Photo is take from a set of rappel bolts. Rappelling from this bolted anchor requires a 70m rope to reach the base of the steep wall, or 2 ropes to make it all the way to the rappel station. The traverse from the base of this steep pitch to the next next rappel anchor is exposed easy 4th class. Below that set of rap anchors, there is the option of a slung pinch in a squeeze chimney to rap off of to the ground or a 2-pin anchor at almost equal height. There are 2 single-rope raps are above us. 5 raps in total.
Pitch 4 - left hand crack variation. The flake start is just to the right.
Kind of lost looking for the start of P4.
Bill Bjornstad leading the left (5.7) variation of the 3rd pitch of the Normal Route. The pitch can diagonal up these flakes to the crack system or you can traverse across the ledge to the base of the crack system and then go up.
Bill Bjornstad on the 1st pitch of the Normal Route. 5.6-ish.
Base of the 1st pitch of the Normal Route.
Awesome Patagonian summit!
Delicate, bolt-protected face climbing on the summit pitch- the technical crux of the route.
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