Upper headwall splitter.

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Upper headwall splitter.

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3rd Pitch. 5.8+ Climbing to Traverse isn't trivial. Traverse is tricky, but with right sequence wasn't too tough to follow. After that (not in picture), "balancey" 5.8 climbing to end pitch. This pitch doesn't let up but was fun!

Awkward angle but this is the continuation of the 3rd pitch traverse. It doesn't let up until the end :)

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Jplotz

Jun 1, 2016

“Upper headwall splitter.”

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Last smeary moves of pitch 4.

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Natalie Sidhom coming up pitch 5 on some chicken heads.

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3rd Pitch. 5.8+ Climbing to Traverse isn't trivial. Traverse is tricky, but with right sequence wasn't too tough to follow. After that (not in picture), "balancey" 5.8 climbing to end pitch. This pitch doesn't let up but was fun!

Upper headwall splitter.

Awkward angle but this is the continuation of the 3rd pitch traverse. It doesn't let up until the end :)

5.8 Dihederal finish of 4th pitch. Eats up cams.

looking down from the top of the 5th pitch

Pitch 3

Splitter as f*ck

Topping out in late March 2016

As seen in its totality from halfway up the approach.

Traffic jam atop pedestal ledge at the start of P5. This route can get popular!

Sugar Snow end March 31st 2018 was interesting

Climbers on the shield pitches of Outer Space.

Outer Space

Remorse start variation pitch 1; line wanders a bit

The money pitch

Mark W climbing into Outer Space

on the traverse pitch

When your shoes are too tight to foot jam.

All smiles atop the money pitch.

The infamous travers. Tricky but fun and exhilarating! The orange rope was a fixed line that someone left up there (unfortunately for the photo)

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Pitch 4 (chicken head pitch) of Outer Space.

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