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Temperature was far from ideal, and second party retreated. Weather was also deteriorating rapidly.
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The right skyline delineates the upper portion of the Thumb Route, known to Germanic climbers as the "Daumenkante." (Thumb arête)
Climbers silhouetted on the steepening arête.
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Rodger Raubach
Sep 10, 2014
“Temperature was far from ideal, and second party retreated. Weather was also deteriorating rapidly.”  

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The right skyline delineates the upper portion of the Thumb Route, known to Germanic climbers as the "Daumenkante." (Thumb arête)
Temperature was far from ideal, and second party retreated. Weather was also deteriorating rapidly.
Climbers silhouetted on the steepening arête.
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