The Step-Around

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The Step-Around

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Norwood at his plush belay for the last pitch to the Summit!

Fitz charging for the Summit!!

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Rob Dizzle

Jun 10, 2019

“The Step-Around”

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Topo of The Altar Buttress, upper pitches are extremely forshortend in this photo due to the angle in which it was taken!<br>
P2,4&6 are rope stretchers and can easily be broken down into smaller pitches!

Cairn at the base of the Alter Buttress

Mr. Norwood firing the last crux 5.8R variation!!

I think this is the start of P1 and the "5.6 finger crack" in the route description.

Fun cracks on the way to Black Tower.

Climbers navigating the P5 traverse!

Hunter on the War Bonnet Traverse!!!

The Wormhole

Fitz with the Billy Goat Stoke on the Summit of The Altar!!

Enjoying the ambiance before the wicked descent down!!

Looking up the start of P2!

Summit selfie time on the Altar of Algoot!

Chris Norwood sending the first crux, P4!!!

Jonathan and Hunter shooting for the Mystery Notch, pitch 3!!!!!

Hunter Following P2!

Altar buttress photographed from the palisades

Hunter way out there on the Step Around Tower!!

Fitzy bowing down to Master Fabio Norwood at the start of the Altar buttress!!

Me at the Step Around Tower P7!!!

Hunter at the Top of the Black Tower Pitch!

Jonathan Reinig climbing up the 5.8 variation of the Black Tower!!

Chris Norwood climbing the Worm Hole variation to the Black Tower!!

Fitz & Harrison negotiating the P5 Tower!

Leading P1 after Josh & Hunter

Hunter traversing the chill 3rd class pitch 9!!

Altar buttress photographed from the palisades aka devil’s staircase.

Kiley Etter about to send this finger and hands crack up West facing wall on Black Tower.

View of the Alter of Algoot (formation on the right) on the approach after breaking left of the tahquitz north gulley trail.

Chris Norwood at the top of the Mystery Notch pitch!!!

Coming up West Side of Black Tower.

The War Bonnet Tower. While it looks as though traversing right under the roof seems to be the obvious way, the traverse blanks out and you're forced to climb up and on top of the tower, which requires a 5th class downclimb on the climbers left.

Me and my Boy strung out on the alpine at the P10 notch!!

Hunter Reinig at the top of P2!

The Mystery Notch Tower

Norwood at his plush belay for the last pitch to the Summit!

The Step-Around

Fitz charging for the Summit!!

Found this wrap station at the base of the War Bonnet Tower on the climbers left of the ridge slung around a boulder.

Hunter Reinig navigating his way around one of the many towers during the FA of the AB!!!

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