fighting the wind to summit Stolen Chimney! very cool line

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fighting the wind to summit Stolen Chimney! very cool line

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Ben free climbing the 10+ bolt ladder.

climbers on route

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Reed Gustavsen

Aug 12, 2014

“fighting the wind to summit Stolen Chimney! very cool line”

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The idea is a star trail topo of stolen chimney. I did a 2.5 hour exposure. I'm going to shoot it again because it is not what I was looking for. It's not bad so I figured I'd share it. The sky went green on it's own during the long exposure, perhaps it was some aurora borealis (not likely, I think I would have noticed it, but cameras can capture color that we can't see) or maybe a hot sensor, or my polarizer filter caused it, I really don't know.

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Stolen Chimney/Ancient Art Topo<br>
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I climbed the route for my second time last week and figured I'd make this while the route was still somewhat fresh in my mind. <br>
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A very comfortable rack would be 1.5 set of cams and a set of nuts. A single set of cams will suffice for more experienced leaders.<br>
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EDIT 5/12/12: Updated to reflect bolt replacement.

Standing on the top. The shadow in the back outlines the scenario.

Eddie summit bound and doing some snow sweeping on a frigid January ascent of Ancient Art. Fisher Towers, UT.

Myself practicing crane technique.

A group of pals waiting for the summit pitch!

Classic summit shot!

Bailey Crawford summits as the sun sets.

Joey, tagging along on Ancient Art. It was his first desert tower.

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Loren Seeks groveling up the chimney.

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Ben free climbing the 10+ bolt ladder.

fighting the wind to summit Stolen Chimney! very cool line

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Climber on summit of Ancient Art, as seen from the trail bottom.

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Climbers on Ancient Art.

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Jake on the classic summit. Great weather and a great climb!

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DO NOT DO THIS! We did not notice until a later ascent that this large block that Brent is yarding on is loose and held in place with mud. It looks like the perfect block to throw a sling over to protect the last move onto the belay ledge. If this baby goes, it will looks like it could just get funneled right down onto the first belay. Yikes!

Scott Anderson freeing the 1st bolted section.

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