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Ryan high on route
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You can follow the ridge line up to the notch and take the Cathedral Peak climber's trail down the east side as long as you don't have any reason to return to the JMT / north side. Makes for a nice loop and saves you some rough off-trail descent!
The belay before Pitch 4
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Dog The Booty Hunter
Sep 6, 2019
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The Orange Corner (Pitch 3)
another picture showing the line. Red dots indicating the original belays. Green dot indicating another possible belay to cut down on rope drag on the long first pitch.
The Original Route, Cathedral Wall
Rappelling the first few pitches, this route is steeper than it looks from afar!
Ryan on the route at the 3rd overhanging crux
Final pitch, the summit is up and right of the grin.
Kwyn Meagher following pitch 1. Low snow year in 2020—this was a rope stretcher without the snow and starting on flat ground. That's Fairview Dome in the background!
the wall
The Original Route, Cathedral Wall
Gorgeous view from the summit!
Padding up the long slab ramp that awaits you after surmounting the difficulties of the Orange Corner.
Final moves of pitch 2 from the only bolted anchor on the route. (Don't miss it, take off your crack goggles and look right!) Up next is the Orange Corner.