The crux of the second pitch.

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The crux of the second pitch.

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Mark Sokol on Total Abandon- No ice? Let's do it anyway.

Scrappy crux of the first pitch in pretty fat fall conditions.

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Hamish Gowans

Apr 15, 2005

“The crux of the second pitch.”

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The crux of the second pitch.

Scrappy crux of the first pitch in pretty fat fall conditions.

The Corinthian Column is on the left.

The upper part of the route can be seen here as well as the lower approach. The crux is hidden by the ridge.

The pitch 2 crux on 01 July 2023 in unseasonably fat conditions.
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Photo by Olga Dobranowski.

September 30th, 2009 08:30 and she's in.

Slade coming up the first pitch of Total Abandon on Nov. 9th, '08. Photo by Trask Bradbury.

Thomas mixing his way through the rubble top-out on the 2nd crux, of our 2nd pitch. I cannot believe it held for me, even after both my tools sheared down about five inches while committing to the move on lead!

Caught this is killer shape WI4+ M3+ We did maybe 6 mixed moves on the route. It took 13cm Screws in 2 spots. Great day!

June 2nd conditions, pretty good coverage (10-16cm screws going in), dry rock all around, temps in the mid-40s and good, wet ice.

Total Abandon, 6/2/12.

Approaching Total Abandon. Autumn 2009.

Looking up at the last pitch, June 2, '12.

Pulling through the chandeliered and wet crux pitch, getting good sticks in soft ice, 6/2/12.

Looking at the upper pitch above the crux, good climbing conditions, June 2, '12.

Climbing the first pitch to the first fixed (2 piton) anchor on the right; you can back up the pins with cams on the right. We did a short pitch up snow to gain the ice.

Early fall '06.

The 2nd pitch on 30 SEP 17. It is really thin.

Phil Wortman leading a very dry pitch one. Photo by Mark Sokol.

2nd pitch crux, sick!!

Thomas finishing up a hardened-snow covered 1st pitch.

Another party on the hero rock traverse, near the Corinthian Column.

Finishing up the 1st crux of the second pitch.

Mark Sokol on Total Abandon- No ice? Let's do it anyway.

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