Niels Tietze and Singer Smith climbing the Thumb on 1 January 2016

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Niels Tietze and Singer Smith climbing the Thumb on 1 January 2016

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S-Direct

Climbers on the third pitch out on a sea of granite...

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James Garrett

Jan 1, 2016

“Niels Tietze and Singer Smith climbing the Thumb on 1 January 2016”

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S-Direct

Niels Tietze and Singer Smith climbing the Thumb on 1 January 2016

Climbers on the third pitch out on a sea of granite...

Lunch Ledge seen from the end of Indecent Exposure/S-Crack vars. S-Direct continues up the center corner, Standard Thumb comes in from the left, exits right. Might be nicer (but harder) to lieback and slab in the corner to a belay rather than...

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