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Tranquility to Direct South Face(felt easier & safer)
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Jason leading Tranquility with a variation through the Direct South Face (I think).
Looking down from the steep juggy arete with the airy exposure, along the actual Tranquility route that veers out left to lead up to the sub-summit. 25 Nov 2018.
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Cody Robinson
Mar 19, 2015
“Tranquility to Direct South Face(felt easier & safer)”  

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This is the route Tranquility follows if you read the guides written by Alan Bartlett, Randy Vogel, or the old guide by John Wolfe and Bob Dominick. You don't walk around to the right above the roof, you move left to the exposed arete. This felt like 5.6, maybe 5.5 to me.
Moosedog Tower Beta photo from the classic 1979 edition of John Wolfe and Bob Dominick's guide.
Nicole coming up Tranquility, almost to the sub-summit, done in one long pitch. 25 Nov 2018.
Jason leading Tranquility with a variation through the Direct South Face (I think).
Tranquility to Direct South Face(felt easier & safer)
Looking down from the steep juggy arete with the airy exposure, along the actual Tranquility route that veers out left to lead up to the sub-summit. 25 Nov 2018.
Protecting the Crux on the right leaning crack.
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