The start of the first pitch of VP, there is a handline that runs up the beginning of the pitch

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The start of the first pitch of VP, there is a handline that runs up the beginning of the pitch

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Nice stopper placement on P2.

There's the Pedestal.

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Hank Thompson

Mar 17, 2019

“The start of the first pitch of VP, there is a handline that runs up the beginning of the pitch”

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Handline to base of The Velvet Pedestal / Say When. For Say When, you climb P1 of The Velvet Pedestal and then Say When starts.

TRing pitch 3 on a sunny day at the end of October. (Photo from Jeff R-.)

Yellow is the easier way from the left bottom (anchor at top of p2 just around corner). On the starting traverse, you can clip the first bolt on the face.

Left most side of Lookout Point. Velvet Pedestal (orange), Say When (yellow), And Say (blue), Burt's Alpine Dirtbus (magenta)

looking down p3 to your follow (photog credit: Stephen Packard)

Nice stopper placement on P2.

The start of the first pitch of VP, there is a handline that runs up the beginning of the pitch

There's the Pedestal.

The velvet. <br>
(Near the top of the 2nd pitch.)

Clouds over the nearby rocky peaks (Oct. 8, 2021), taken from the top.

p3 Velvet Pedestal. Also the last pitch of Pumpkin Toadlet.

Mid p3. (Photo: J. Ranish)

Following the layback section. The Velvet Pedestal 5.10a.

Left crack finish to p1

Start of the second pitch. High way with crack and edge in yellow, low way just friction and uses lower bolt.

Midway up the first pitch. At the top of the blocky corner.

Start of Pitch 1.

On the second pitch of Velvet Pedestal, just past the slab start, about to enter the layback crack.

Anchors for "the first way" as described in the text for p3 of this route ("from the right edge of the ledge, follow the pair of cracks to a ramp feature...") Photog Stephen Packard

Velvet Pedestal p2.

The view from the pedestal on top.

Final section of Pitch 1 (above the handline).

Top of the first pitch, about to traverse to the bolted anchor.

Pitch 2.

Steep face climbing to access corner on Pitch 2.

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Say When (5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a)

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