My second solo ascent

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My second solo ascent

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Curtis Mesmer gets pumped.

My first solo ascent

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Curtis Mesmer gets pumped.

My second solo ascent

My first solo ascent

Andy Hansen on route, Matt Spellman on belay. March 2011. www.mattkuehlphoto.com

To Boink or not to Boink, that is the question. March 2011 www.mattkuehlphoto.com

Me on Twinkie

Image taken by Eye of the Red photographer Tiffany Nardico.

Holding on for dear life.

lily

Randy on Twinkie

Found the spot where they stuff the filling on "Twinkie"

Lily teching through the start

5/28/94

Zeb on a relaxed onsight of Twinkie...

Twinkie, 5.12a, on the left.

awesome 5.12a

This angle doesn't do justice to the overhang because it is truly heinous.

The slab of Twinkie, prob. 5.10c?

Jason McGavin on Twinkie

Image taken by Eye of the Red photographer Tiffany Nardico.

domonique climbing toward the big bad roof...

Photo by Barb Anderson

It's pretty steep.

The tricky start.

Randy almost to the rest on Twinkie

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Moving up and out on "Twinkie".

Me about 2/3rds of the way up, right before I pumped off on my onsight attempt.

Moving fast up Twinkie.<br>
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Photo by, Liam Griffin

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