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Pitch 2.
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Pitch 1 variation takes mostly wide gear from 1 to 4. Make sure to pass the first small tree and setup on the ledge above that before setting up your anchor
Birth canal on Pitch 3.
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Steph Abegg
Sep 12, 2018
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Pitch 3 of Mother's Day - after the birth canal, move right onto the face into the wide flared crack. A tree about 30 feet back from the top ledge offers a belay with drag
Pitch 1 variation takes mostly wide gear from 1 to 4. Make sure to pass the first small tree and setup on the ledge above that before setting up your anchor
Pitch 2.
Birth canal on Pitch 3.
Pitch 1 (north side variation).
looking up the 1st pitch
Pitch 3 after the "birth canal" section. The standard route goes right at the roof. The harder way (the way we unintentionally went) goes straight up.
looking down the 2nd pitch