fully enjoying the Tower of Power (pitch 7)

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fully enjoying the Tower of Power (pitch 7)

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Plush bivy 20 ft from the top. Well worth an extra night.

Jace (after dropping a jumar from the 7th pitch), jugging with a grigri an ascender. Little did we know, I had 4 jumars clipped to my harness because Steven forgot his before leading the pitch. <br>
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"YOU HAD TWO PAIRS OF GLOVES THE WHOLE TIME??" Oh well, good practice I guess.

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Reed Gustavsen

Aug 12, 2014

“fully enjoying the Tower of Power (pitch 7)”

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Plush bivy 20 ft from the top. Well worth an extra night.

fully enjoying the Tower of Power (pitch 7)

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