Darshan on one of the 5.10 pitches.

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Darshan on one of the 5.10 pitches.

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Pitch 5

Me on the crux pitch before the true flailing began. Photo by Adam Sinner, 5/12/10.

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Nov 5, 2014

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Pitch 1

Andrew Gomoll gets into the business of the crux pitch.

This pitch was amazing

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sunny final pitch

Pitch 5

Darshan on one of the 5.10 pitches.

Me on the crux pitch before the true flailing began. Photo by Adam Sinner, 5/12/10.

Anchor on top of pitch 4 on Cloud Tower. The bright blue anchor is mine, the discolored one was up there when go there with a quicklink attached to it

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