The beginning of the climb

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The beginning of the climb

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Allie Burnett pulling onto the halfway ledge.

Savoring that exposure at the end of P10

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Tony San Felice

Nov 17, 2019

“The beginning of the climb”

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Hard earned sunset summit views, facing Tucson.

Peter Senchyna on the crux 9th pitch during the first ascent.

The start of the route.

Pitch 4 traverse with the angle exaggerated in the other direction compared to the other photos. What's the real angle of this pitch? You'll just have to go and find out!

Allie Burnett topping out on the first ascent.

Benoit Blanc on the final ledge of the route.

The route starts right about here.

Ann-Marie Maly about to step out over the giant roof on the 10th (final) pitch.

Approximate location of aggresive honey bee colony attack of 2 separate hiking groups on the trail that serves as descent trail for Void of Form. One hiker reported 50 stings, 3 other hikers required SAR rescue & helicopter evac of one of the hikers.

The ledge atop pitch 9 offers a great place to take a nap before completing the final short pitch and walk back to the car.

Remnants of fire retardant paint on some of the bolt hangers following the Bighorn Fire. All bolts are fine, I just thought this was mildly interesting.

The climber's trail branches off of the Pontatoc Canyon trail at 32º20'41.95" N, 110º53'31.02" W, just before the trail switches back to the West.

Enjoying some chocolate milk on the summit. Best post-climb drink. No cap.

Almost the whole route, starting from the second pitch. The route traverses left of the climber and ends on the large roof left of the summit.

Allie Burnett installing the P1 anchor on New Year's Eve 2017

Circa 2020

Cruising up some slab!

Amazing geology on pitch 3!

It's just a glorified scramble

Allie Burnett pulling onto the halfway ledge.

The beginning of the climb

Savoring that exposure at the end of P10

Entrance to the climbers trail.

Ryan Boyden installing the final anchor.

Pitch 3 anchor with the beginning of the P4 traverse.

Mid-way up the 2nd official pitch. I would recommend combining pitches 1 and 2 with a 70m rope.

Looking back across the easy slab traverse on the bank of the wash. Before crossing to start the final approach.

Ryan coming up P9

Pitch 4 traverse

Ryan Boyden following the nicely featured 2nd pitch slab.

Follower coming up Pitch 3 after crossing over the corner and onto the slab portion. Bolt line comes halfway up the wall then off to climbers right before moving back to climbers left to the anchors.

The legendary chill chum belay ledge above pitch 8

View from the summit.

Sabrina Grosse following the 6th pitch roof.

Looking down on pitch 3

The climber in orange is leading pitch 2

Going around the arete at the beginning of P3. A climber can be seen leading P2 below.

The approach to the main wall. Took us about 1.5 hours from car to the base.

Beautiful views of the dirty T

View of the route while hiking up

Looking down at the anchors on pitch 1.

Pitch 4

Ryan Boyden installing the P3 anchor.

The walk off into the sunset along the Pontotoc Ridge Trail. Spectacular!

Jon moving efficiently up on P2.

4 stars indeed on pitch 3! What a fun slabby section

Happy follower on pitch 3!

Pulling over the top

Eric Wesseling pulling the P6 crux roof. Sabrina Grosse at the belay

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