hanging out on P5

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hanging out on P5

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Touchstone by me

Why the portaledge? Well, let's just say we like to hang out.

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Touchstone by me

Jeff Lowe (with Ron Olevsky) on the 30th aniversary ascent of Touchstone, Dec 2006. <br>
Photo by James Tucker, Nikon D200, 12-24mm f4.

Ron Olevsky on Touchstone Wall, from the Les Ellison archives

Marc Jensen leading the eighth pitch.

The original "T4" pitch, from the Les Ellison archives.

Touchstone by me

hanging out on P5

Why the portaledge? Well, let's just say we like to hang out.

Touchstone by me

Marc after the bolt ladder on the 1st pitch.

Racking up at the hotel with the heater blasting before a winter ascent. (DEC 1998)

Panorama from bivy ledge

Pitch 2

Aaron Cloud jugging up Pitch 2

freeing the beautiful p3 finger crack

Perin Blanchard and Lee Jensen on the third pitch of <em>Touchstone</em>.<br>
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Photo by Marc Jensen.

Touchstone. (DEC 1998)

Dave Sessions on Touchstone. (DEC 1998)

Touchstone. (DEC 1998)

Scotti to the moon

Descent gully rap anchor. Consists of a star drive and a worse-than-it looks drilled angle. These need updating badly.

Touchstone. (DEC 1998)

Matt and Brian starting the 3rd pitch.

Last few traversing moves to top of P4 (?)

Cerberus Gendarme showing access trail and Touchstone Wall

The pitch off the bivy ledge (Pitch 6). Very sandy start.

Touchstone gets crowded. I came in 3rd place.

Touchstone. (DEC 1998)

Pitch 3

Switching into climbing shoes before p3

From top of 6th pitch looking down at Virgin Berth Bivy and road.

Zion - Touchstone Wall

Lunch on Pitch 5

Pitch 3

Route Overlay Touchstone Wall

Matt and Brian on the wide upper pitch. Yellow arrows are the climbers

Climbers making their way up P4

Bomber gear on p1

taking a little time at the crux

'It's bomber', Gear right off the p1 anchor on pitch 2

Great spot for some shut eye and warm beer

Virgin berth in bigwall bivying on the Virgin birth ledge

P2 - pulling the roof just above the broken pin.

Cleaning p3

Pitch 2

Connor and I on P.3

At the C2 roof crux

High on P2

Perfection of pitch three

Maryann Loehr on the Touchstone. Photo by Todd Gordon

Sandbox summit pitch

Lee Jensen and Perin Blanchard at the second rap station on the <em>Touchstone</em> descent.<br>
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Photo by Marc Jensen.

Jugging 1st pitch

Marc Jensen emerging from the "short and no fun" squeeze bit on the seventh pitch.

P4 mid station anchor, 70m barely makes it from P4 anchor to here, knot the ends. Anchor is 2 drilled angles, 1 sticking an inch out, and 1 loose bolt held together by tat and what looks like old funkness cables and quick links.

Was I off route? This was the upper section of our 5th pitch, which felt harder than freeing the 3rd pitch. This pitch (our 5th) started off a very decent ledge about 15ft off to the left side of the crack for P4. I placed nothing wider than a #2 on P5, mostly .2 to .4s in the crux here

Jared O somewhere on touchstone

Easy cleaning on p1's bolt ladder

Touchstone from the road looking up the treacherously long approach (JK).

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Brooklyn, NY

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