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All Locations > New Mexico > Las Cruces Area… > Organ Mountains > Needle & Square… > Minerva's Temple > W Ridge (5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b)
Erik Lehnhoff and Forrest Wilcox on the ridgeline above the first pitch (first 2 pitches in our case).
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The start of the route. Photo used with permission from Kevin Smith
Erik Lehnhoff leading the second part of the pitch 1 as in description. This is the exposed crux move, protectable if you have a camalot #4 aboard and perhaps more in the 5.8/5.8+ range. Photo used with permission from Kevin Smith.
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Drew Chojnowski
Apr 3, 2022
“Erik Lehnhoff and Forrest Wilcox on the ridgeline above the first pitch (first 2 pitches in our case).”  

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Erik Lehnhoff leading the second part of the pitch 1 as in description. This is the exposed crux move, protectable if you have a camalot #4 aboard and perhaps more in the 5.8/5.8+ range. Photo used with permission from Kevin Smith.
Forrest Wilcox barely visible (circled at the point where he stopped and built an anchor due to horrendous rope drag. Photo used with permission from Kevin Smith.
The start of the route. Photo used with permission from Kevin Smith
Erik Lehnhoff and Forrest Wilcox on the ridgeline above the first pitch (first 2 pitches in our case).
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