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All Locations > New York > Adirondacks > B: Chapel Pond… > Chapel Pond Slab > Empress (5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a X)
Hanging out on the ledge just below the OW. Nice spot to eat lunch and enjoy the view
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Mike Young (original member of The Red House Gang) barefoot'in the Empress slab in 1982. Jamie (Jim) Cunningham
Relaxing on top of the off-width before the "psychological crux."
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Mike Climberson
Sep 28, 2020
“Hanging out on the ledge just below the OW. Nice spot to eat lunch and enjoy the view”  

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Taking Mom up the last pitch of Empress
The exposed P6 of Empress
Mike Young (original member of The Red House Gang) barefoot'in the Empress slab in 1982. Jamie (Jim) Cunningham
Hanging out on the ledge just below the OW. Nice spot to eat lunch and enjoy the view
Relaxing on top of the off-width before the "psychological crux."
Soloing up the slab pitch above the offwidth
Crossing one of the hummocks on P3.
Rita coming up the offwidth
The 5.5X pitch.
From the top of Empress October 2017
The "runout pitch" ... rock is a little crumbly not that steep ... just unnerving for the leader.
Wet!
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