Entering the crux.

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Entering the crux.

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Panorama from the 4th class.

Natalie starting up pitch 5.

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Sep 29, 2014

“Entering the crux.”

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Managed to capture this team up on the Scenic Cruise while we were descending the gully on the approach to the base of the climb.

Peg Traverse.

Matt on the pegmatite traverse.<br>
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Photo: Tyler Casey.

Classic fashion often found on Black Canyon hardmen in the 1980s!<br>

The scenic on a perfect Oct. fall day. Taken from the third pitch of Checkerboard.

This climb does not suck!!!!

Shows the obvious splitters with The Cruise on the left and the Scenic Cruise on the right. Further right, the obvious, huge, left-facing corner on Journey Home.

Topo.

Jj near the top.

Top of the flake.

A route overlay for Scenic Cruise.

The view of Journey Home & Scenic Cruise from Maiden Voyage.

A route overlay for the starting pitches of The Cruise and Scenic Cruise.

A photo route overlay The Cruise and Scenic Cruise.

A photo route overlay The Cruise and Scenic Cruise.

Photo from the S. Rim showing the route and the Cruise Gully.

The view of journey home & scenic cruise taken on 9/25. I'm happy to share the original file if this is you and you'd like to print a poster.

Unknown climber scoping out the rest of their day. Taken on a perfect October day, 10/7/21.

The first half of route as seen from the base.

A little higher.

A route overlay for the starting pitches of The Cruise and Scenic Cruise.

This topo starts at pitch 4. The bottom pitches are obscured by the formation in the foreground.

Top of the giant flake.

Like grandma said, "You had better get back in that damn thing before you flame out and fall!"

Low on the route.

Photo from the S. Rim showing the entire route. FYI, the best viewpoint to see the entire route is "Devils Lookout", you can't see Scenic Cruise very well from the Chasm View viewpoint on the S. Rim.

North Chasm View and the Scenic Cruise, photo: Bob Horan.

Looking up from the base of the route. Pitch 1 starts on the arete in the foreground and climbs into the corner.

Bert is following the sustained 5.10 pitch before the peg.

Panorama from the 4th class.

Entering the crux.

Natalie starting up pitch 5.

Stu feeling casual.

Starting up the crux pitch, photo by Josh Janes.

Finishing the "peg flake" on the Peg traverse. Photo by Josh Janes.

Manteling the "peg flake" on the Peg traverse. Photo by Josh Janes.

The start is easy to find, just start at the huge bush of poison ivy....

BH on Scenic Cruise, North Chasm View.

Tyler Stableford on the flake traverse, P8-9.
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Photo by Francis Sanzaro.

Francis Sanzaro on P3-4 heading up the long splitter to the base of the pegmatite traverse.

Adam Grasawsky on Scenic Cruise, photo: Bob Horan Collection.

Pat Peddy leading the next to last pitch.

Pitch 8 face section. There are 2 bolts and some mandatory 5.9ish moves above the bolts.

The corner high on pitch 9.

Danny on the overhanging 5.10 corner pitch on the Scenic Cruise. This pitch immediately follows the peg traverse.

The start of pitch 8 traverse.

Traversing to the peg.

DI making the initial moves on to the ramp of the peg traverse.

Most of the route is visible here if you zoom in.

At the base of climb.

Wyatt follows the 3rd pitch.

Wyatt handles the crux pitch.

B. very high on the route.

Looking down on the 3rd pitch.

The start of pitch 4 (traverse pitch).

Launching out across the 10th pitch traverse.

All smiles now that DI is onto the ramp up toward the peg.

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