Looking up from the belay after the 5.7 thin seam pitch. Continue under the arch until an obvious notch to the 4th belay, one long 5.easy pitch after that. I climbed along the right edge of this pic. The exit is slightly out of view here.

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Looking up from the belay after the 5.7 thin seam pitch. Continue under the arch until an obvious notch to the 4th belay, one long 5.easy pitch after that. I climbed along the right edge of this pic. The exit is slightly out of view here.

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Agina Sedler leading pitch two. Such a fun crack.

On P3, while looking up and left on the slab, these two crappy bolts are up near the mini right facing dihedral (el grandote)

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Tradiban

Sep 17, 2012

“Looking up from the belay after the 5.7 thin seam pitch. Continue under the arch until an obvious notch to the 4th belay, one long 5.easy pitch after that. I climbed along the right edge of this pic. The exit is slightly out of view here.”

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