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Looking back across the slab traverse from the piton in the hanging couloir. You can see my sling going down to the lone piton that protects the traverse.
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Piton reached after climbing up the hanging couloir after the crux slab traverse. The remnants of the old fixed line that used to string across the slab to a piton on the north end is still here!
Looking across the crux slab traverse from your last piece of pro. You can see some cord hanging from the single piton that protects the traverse.
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Mark Thomas
Aug 9, 2019
“Looking back across the slab traverse from the piton in the hanging couloir. You can see my sling going down to the lone piton that protects the traverse.”  

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