Ethan Fitzpatrick leading pitch four (with style)

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Ethan Fitzpatrick leading pitch four (with style)

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This was taken from just below the 5.6 downclimb from the top of Aasgard Sentinel. The standard descent is to hike up this slope to the Enchantment Peak Plateau and then romp back down to Aasgard Pass and back to your packs at the base of the route.

Taking a break in the late afternoon sun from descent after climbing The Valkyrie. Photo by Janet Arendall.

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This was taken from just below the 5.6 downclimb from the top of Aasgard Sentinel. The standard descent is to hike up this slope to the Enchantment Peak Plateau and then romp back down to Aasgard Pass and back to your packs at the base of the route.

Ethan Fitzpatrick leading pitch four (with style)

Taking a break in the late afternoon sun from descent after climbing The Valkyrie. Photo by Janet Arendall.

The corner on the second half of Pitch 2 of The Valkyrie. I set an intermediate belay at a nice ledge below this corner.

Hand/fist crack on on the second half of Pitch 4 of The Valkyrie. This crack is hidden from view until you pull around the arete.

5.9 cracks on Pitch 3 of The Valkyrie.

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Pitch 1. Plenty of options on the slab lead to steep climbing in the corner.

Corner on Pitch 1 of The Valkyrie.

Looking up Pitch 2 of The Valkyrie. Goes right from the belay, then up a crack to lieback offwidth (#5 cam might fit).

Pitch 1 of The Valkyrie.

Looking down the low angle cracks on p4

Janet at the end of the rightward traverse at the notch in the arete. The traverse is quite juggy and not too hard. Witches Tower in background.

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