Pitch 3 fun 5.7 climbing. (This is first pitch of DSB, just off upper ledge after the first 2 approach pitches).

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Pitch 3 fun 5.7 climbing. (This is first pitch of DSB, just off upper ledge after the first 2 approach pitches).

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Ralph Baldwin on the pendulum pitch. 1982

Overlay of DSB + CMC

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Steph Abegg

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“Pitch 3 fun 5.7 climbing. (This is first pitch of DSB, just off upper ledge after the first 2 approach pitches).”

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