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Right after the second pitch, looking up at Unicorn Spire. We went around to the left side, easy climbing with few spots for gear. <br> <br> Photo by Joshua Kasumovic.
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Topo of pitches one and two. Disregard my awful msPaint skills. Also there aren't any fixed gear at the base of the chimney as far as I could tell, so save a couple of #2s.
Summit photo with Joshua Kasumovic.
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Kyle Broxterman
Aug 15, 2017
“Right after the second pitch, looking up at Unicorn Spire. We went around to the left side, easy climbing with few spots for gear.

Photo by Joshua Kasumovic.”  

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Chris Baldwin and I simulclimbing the amazing arête for hundreds of feet above Unicorn Spire on a fantastic September day, 2018.
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Topo of pitches one and two. Disregard my awful msPaint skills. Also there aren't any fixed gear at the base of the chimney as far as I could tell, so save a couple of #2s.
Right after the second pitch, looking up at Unicorn Spire. We went around to the left side, easy climbing with few spots for gear. <br> <br> Photo by Joshua Kasumovic.
Summit photo with Joshua Kasumovic.
Chris Baldwin and I simulclimbing the upper headwall of Cap's NW Buttress.
View from Capitol Lake of the Northwest Buttress.
Luke Laeser working his way through the first pitch.
The ledge to the start of the climb.
Chris Baldwin and I on Cap's summit. Success up the NW Butt!
Looking into the wet, lower part of the second pitch chimney. Very loose rocks in here, so beware!
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