Pitch 6. This terrain is sort of in-obvious. Follow the guidebook beta. Left then right.

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Pitch 6. This terrain is sort of in-obvious. Follow the guidebook beta. Left then right.

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Pitch 5, the 5.8 corner option (alternative is to do a 4th class around to the left and up to top of corner).

Pitch 7.

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Steph Abegg

Jul 20, 2019

“Pitch 6. This terrain is sort of in-obvious. Follow the guidebook beta. Left then right.”

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