Ben higher, pulling on small holds, looking for bigger ones.

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Ben higher, pulling on small holds, looking for bigger ones.

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Climber (unknown to me) on lead on Mixed Emotions Dec. 4, 2011.

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Ben Mottinger

Feb 17, 2003

“Ben higher, pulling on small holds, looking for bigger ones.”

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Mixed Emotions.

I've got mixed emotions....

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Ben higher, pulling on small holds, looking for bigger ones.

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Ryan Richardson just past the crux.

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Just passing the crux bit, thanks for the pin!

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Photo by John Culberson with permission.

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