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Bernard Vachon and Darin Lang on the belay ledge.

Extending the rappel gave just enough room to reach the ledge with a 60m.

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Extending the rappel gave just enough room to reach the ledge with a 60m.

The roof that starts the second (if you're counting 6) pitch.

Photo topo of the route.

Zane Miller at age 8 crankin' through the route.

The route is straightforward, but just in case you need a topo. Belay ledges indicated.

Climbers working the crux overhang of Maiden Voyage (look closely).<br>
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Taken from Journey Home.

5.9 crux.

View from the route.

Crux roof is in the center of the photo.

Cruise Gully.

M. Price and W. Whetham on the summit! (actually this is at the base of the summit block).

Walk-off contours on a ramp system around the canyon to the left.

The Maiden Voyage from Leisure Summers.

Stephen leading P3.

Maiden Voyage as seen from Leisure Route.

Walk-off.

The summit block is on the right. The walk off follows the obvious vegetated ledges towards the bottom left of the photo and then to an easy gully to the rim. There's some slight exposure at a couple of narrower spots, with drops of maybe 50 feet, but nothing really scary.

Mitch Musci leading the first pitch of The Maiden Voyage.<br>
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Photo by Evan Horst.

Evan Horst leading the third (wide crack) pitch of The Maiden Voyage.<br>
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Photo by Mitch Musci.

Leading the 1st pitch.

Above the alleged crux overhang. For me, the overhang was easy--straightforward stemming. The move above, where the crack was too thin for my fingers, was much harder.<br>
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Photo by Luke Clarke.

Luke on the P3 wide crack. Luke placed a #4 Camalot low and then a #4 Friend. You could get by with just the #4 Friend, because after the first wide move up the crack, the climbing eases to positive face climbing.

Climbers from Montrose, taken on October 26th, 2008.

Looking down from the twin cracks.

Stoked kids staring up from the bottom!<br>

The party ahead of us at the top of the second pitch. The short crux on this route is just below them.

Nice views from just below the belay ledge after the fifth pitch.

5.8 double cracks.

P5.

Taken from the top of the summit block. Exit gully in background.

Another view of P5.

Fixed line at the first gully rap.

Maiden Voyage, first two belays shown in red.

Pitch 3

Bernard Vachon and Darin Lang on the belay ledge.

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