The uneven hand crack above the Black Face, just below Wall Street ledge.

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All Locations > Wyoming > Grand Teton NP > Grand Teton > Lower Exum Ridge (5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b)

The uneven hand crack above the Black Face, just below Wall Street ledge.

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Carl Page leading P3 face after the left leaning crack. It's easy to combine P3+4.

Dale Navish on the upper Exum in August 1989. We had almost no beta for the 'direct' but seemed to find our way w/o any major epic.

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Ted Eliason

May 15, 2012

“The uneven hand crack above the Black Face, just below Wall Street ledge.”

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Warren discovering the awkward crack on pitch 6. I thought this was the crux of the route.

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The lower saddle seen from The Moraines. As of 7/3/16 this was too sketchy for me and my partner as we didn't have crampons. We saw two people slide off near the high point of the snowy traverse the evening prior. Also, the fixed lines were not in - the ones from last year were in place (we believe) and looked very ratty.

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