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Looking back and down at the steep corner to traverse.
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Looking up at me mid-way through the steep traverse. (Photo credit to Michael Rowley.)
I copied Jordan's Beta pic and added the section that I did in Jan 2013. We stayed left of the large, obvious corner making more of a direct ascent. It's identified by the bold pink lines. We thought there was one section of climbing that was perhaps a little more difficult than the "crux" first pitch, but it might have been about the same - it was a thin/steep corner to a very thin traverse and that granted you access to the upper main corner.
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Dec 4, 2014
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Looking up at me mid-way through the steep traverse. (Photo credit to Michael Rowley.)
Looking back and down at the steep corner to traverse.
I copied Jordan's Beta pic and added the section that I did in Jan 2013. We stayed left of the large, obvious corner making more of a direct ascent. It's identified by the bold pink lines. We thought there was one section of climbing that was perhaps a little more difficult than the "crux" first pitch, but it might have been about the same - it was a thin/steep corner to a very thin traverse and that granted you access to the upper main corner.