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Hand jamming but little foot jamming. You pretty much have to stand on the tree to clear the roof. The P2 crux is diagonally up and left from John above the huge ledge.
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Mark Spieker follows the last few meters of Tiger Balm Arete. Photo by Tony B, 6/2011.
Looking right to where the gear and easier climbing is. A couple moves straight right and it gets easy fast. I've got a good new #5 (purple) Camalot and a good nut at my knees, and a decent red micro Camalot above me. The bolt protecting the crux is at the center left edge of the photo.<br> <br> Photo by Chuck Graves.
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Ivan Rezucha
May 15, 2005
“Hand jamming but little foot jamming. You pretty much have to stand on the tree to clear the roof. The P2 crux is diagonally up and left from John above the huge ledge.”  

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Shirt Tail Peak, high above Eldorado Canyon.
Will G. enjoying the positioning after cruising the final steep bit of the last pitch on the arete.
Getting a good blue Camalot here. Move back left, and there's an excellent green Alien. Rather than climb straight up the thin crack, I've climbed more or less straight right above the lip of the roof.<br> <br> Picture your second falling off the crux (that is out of the photo to the left) and swinging right into this photo. It's a problem. It might be a good idea, if climbing on double ropes, to clip the first bolt on the variation to the left so the second gets a second chance.<br> <br> Photo by Chuck Graves.
Mark Spieker follows the last few meters of Tiger Balm Arete. Photo by Tony B, 6/2011.
Hand jamming but little foot jamming. You pretty much have to stand on the tree to clear the roof. The P2 crux is diagonally up and left from John above the huge ledge.
Looking right to where the gear and easier climbing is. A couple moves straight right and it gets easy fast. I've got a good new #5 (purple) Camalot and a good nut at my knees, and a decent red micro Camalot above me. The bolt protecting the crux is at the center left edge of the photo.<br> <br> Photo by Chuck Graves.
Where the white dots end the original route goes straight up. There's a bolted variation to the left (see comments). You can also go right about 8 feet and then up with good gear.
John on the 5.9 fist pitch. You can traverse in from the left on ledges to avoid the easy and somewhat loose first half of the pitch. The second pitch is visible but very foreshortned. The second pitch ends at the tree on the skylinee at top center.
Ivan Rezucha heads into the 5.9. The bolted crux is in the lower half of the photo
Joseffa Meir near the top of the final pitch of Tiger Balm Arete. Photo by Tony Bubb.
Joseffa Meir 1/2 way up the final arete pitch of Tiger Balm Arete. Photo by Tony Bubb.
Joseffa Meir just past the crux roof and on the runout of the third pitch of Tiger Balm Arete. Photo by Tony Bubb.
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