Enjoying a fine fall day high on the route

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Enjoying a fine fall day high on the route

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Getting high

On the diving board 100' west of top of pitch 8

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Stu Ritchie

Apr 5, 2012

“Enjoying a fine fall day high on the route”

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Topo with some retreat options marked.

Flapper 1 of 5 on this climb. Bring your A-game, bring motivation, bring ibuprofen, and BRING TAPE!
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*Note that it can also come in handy if your old shoes randomly decide to rip in half with 12 pitches to go...

Pitches 3-8. Couple of parties are visible at the top of pitch 6.

Cool view of pitches 3-8

Summit photo with Rollin

A view of Guy at the cave with another group headed up pitch 12.

Me topping out at the summit. Too stoked to get my shoes off.

Near the top - Pitch 22 of Squawstruck

Nice shade right before the 12th pitch

Map of the descent trail.

Thomas Gappmayer at the belay on top of pitch 22. Success!

Alexis Crellin after Pitch 14 roof.

Tristan moving up to the rest before the hard crux of pitch 14. This was the high point on our FA attempt.

Totally bomber pro from one of my early forays onto Squaw Peak.

My favorite pitch in the first 8: Frosted Flakes. Just look at how white the limestone is! And it is very solid with great holds and a fantastic roof with a perfect jug for pulling.

Pitch two. Fun blocky climbing to a corner which demands good footwork.

Tristan and Thomas on pitch 16, taken from the trail.

The view from the top of pitch 1 to the top of pitch 2.

Tristan after the leap of faith headed up pitch 2.

Brennan sending the thin Pitch 19

Eric E. on the 14th corner pitch- Sept 2015

The "crux" pitch 14 linked into 15 (although I felt a couple other pitches were perhaps more technical than pitch 14).

View from the top

3AM top-out!
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There are several different walls on this route. Even though we studied the topo beforehand, we get lost looking for the summit wall at night (it's much further to the right than I thought). Bring headlamps and be ready to climb at night!

Starting up pitch one.

Thomas Gappmayer enjoying the belay before pitch 16.

Leading the 8th pitch of squawstruck

Beginning the last few pitches on the uppermost headwall.

A busy day on Squawstruck.

Cave before start of pitch 12

Starting up the crux pitch

Just after the tough steep finger crack start to 13. One of the cruxes of the whole route is just above him.

Bolt missing hanger on pitch 22.

Shot from top of Squaw Peak just after sunset

The very sustained 5.10 pitch 12.

Looking upcanyon

Pitch 12 with cave at base

Rachel linking pitch 14 (5.11-) and pitch 15 (5.10b) into a 110ft pitch. Sept 20, 2013

Christian Burrell coiling the rope on top of pitch 11. Sep 2010. Provo Peak (11,068') is in the background.

Approach beta pic.

Tristan and Thomas on pitch 16, taken from the trail (with a bit more zoom than the last photo).

Looking back across the leap of faith to Christian belaying from the pitch 1 tower.

Christian Burrell on pitch 4. Dec 2008.

Eric leading out of the cave pitch

Me on pitch 3. Dec 2008.

Me on pitch 6. Dec 2008.

Thomas on pitch 2. September 2010.

Start of pitch 3. This shows the walk between the top of two and the start of 3.

Me on pitch 1. Dec 2008.

Pitch one of the behemoth

Getting high

Enjoying a fine fall day high on the route

On the diving board 100' west of top of pitch 8

Me on pitch 8. Dec 2008.

Pitch 22- the final pitch

Late night Summit 9/2015

The exposure is great throughout the whole route.

The cave/mine at the base of pitch 12 is a great place to have lunch in the shade.

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