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Death traverse under false summit cornice.
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Pulling over the false summit cornice.
The route is the left side ridge in this photo. you can see the gendarme and notch you rap into, and the false summit cornice you must traverse under.
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christoph benells
Sep 7, 2015
“Death traverse under false summit cornice.”  

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christoph benells
tahoma
christoph benells   tahoma
be smarter than us and do this without the sun on it! Dec 14, 2015

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Pulling over the false summit cornice.
Death traverse under false summit cornice.
The route is the left side ridge in this photo. you can see the gendarme and notch you rap into, and the false summit cornice you must traverse under.