Top of pitch 1 before linking pitch 1 and pitch 2. Saturday morning and nobody around except for a couple of soloists.

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Top of pitch 1 before linking pitch 1 and pitch 2. Saturday morning and nobody around except for a couple of soloists.

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Eva cruising P1 of Bastille Crack.

Steve Baskis on the first pitch of The Bastille Crack. Steve is completely blind, and this was his first ever multi-pitch climb.

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Ben Henson

Jun 20, 2015

“Top of pitch 1 before linking pitch 1 and pitch 2. Saturday morning and nobody around except for a couple of soloists.”

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