Pat makes his way up the North Pillar - one of the few, but excellent, class 5 sections of the route.

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Pat makes his way up the North Pillar - one of the few, but excellent, class 5 sections of the route.

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Matthes Crest from the North. Oct 2012

The southern part of the traverse, from the west.

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Brooks Ryan

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“Pat makes his way up the North Pillar - one of the few, but excellent, class 5 sections of the route.”

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Pat makes his way up the North Pillar - one of the few, but excellent, class 5 sections of the route.

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