First of 12? rappels.

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First of 12? rappels.

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Sam & Taylor rest on Upper Solar Slabs

looking down on Oak Creek Canyon

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Scott Hutchings

May 2, 2016

“First of 12? rappels.”

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Scott Hutchings

Midlothian, VA

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