Super Slide 5.9 Royal Arches area. Yosemite Valley

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Super Slide 5.9 Royal Arches area. Yosemite Valley

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5.9 fingers!

Ripped anchor bolt on last 70m rappel 11/12/2017

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Nicole Golden

Jun 8, 2016

“Super Slide 5.9 Royal Arches area. Yosemite Valley”

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Jay Eggleston
Denver

Jay Eggleston Denver

Wouldn't want to slide down that! Jun 8, 2016

David Engel
Santa Rosa, CA

David Engel Santa Rosa, CA

It would be great if you could comment on what pitch this photo was taken on. May 26, 2017

Nicole Golden
Melbourne, FL

Nicole Golden Melbourne, FL

Sure! This pic is from the last pitch,P5. Jun 2, 2017

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Finishing the 4th pitch

Matt going for it on pitch 5

Super Slide

5.9 fingers!

Super Slide 5.9 Royal Arches area. Yosemite Valley

Ripped anchor bolt on last 70m rappel 11/12/2017

Liz approaching the belay atop Pitch 2.

Liz on the beautiful 4th pitch.

Bill Griffith jamming through the crux on the final pitch

Topping out. Stoke is high!

John Ely leading crux finger crack on final pitch of Super Slide, belayed by John Hoffman. Photo: Bethany Sanders

Super Slide upper ramp.

Javi starting up the third pitch.

Gloomy day on the Super Slide.

Gregory heading up pitch 5.

suuuper sliide

Cool guys from LA cruising the start of P5. Notice the line of water on climbers' right - not a great early spring route.

Two people on the penultimate pitch of super slide, viewed from the ground.

money pitch

You can rappel the route with a single 70m rope. The crucial rappel is to rappel off the tree on the right side of the ledge at the top of Pitch 2.

Liz on the final (5.9) pitch.

P3 late in the day

starting P3

Starting up P3/P4 connected.

Pitch 2.

Combining P3 & P4 is definitely the way to go!

Starting up Pitch 1. A "get you there" pitch.

Looking up at the 5th pitch (5.9 hand and finger crack) from the belay station at the top of 4th pitch

The top of the route, end of Pitch 5.

Dylan leads P3

Route Overlay for Super Slide.

Approaching the 3rd pitch belay stance on Super Slide.

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Sam Golden

melbourne, FL

Nicole Golden

Melbourne, FL