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Spur leading to Weissner Overhang.
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Alic heading by the snowpatch on the 3rd class section of the Southeast Corner. Note the steepening headwall above (the crux is up there)
Top of the spur where the traverse under Weissner Overhang starts.
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Sarah Meiser
Aug 29, 2017
“Spur leading to Weissner Overhang.”  

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