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top of the cave - good place to enjoy the sunset (in the summer months)
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Stew working his way up, just before sunset
Unless you are significantly taller than 6 ft and quite flexible, you'll likely have to go into a full body bridge stem to make upward progress. On lead, you can kick one leg out to the other side for better clipping stances.
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Philipp Arndt
Jul 28, 2023
“top of the cave - good place to enjoy the sunset (in the summer months)”  

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Learning Cave Chimney, 5.9 (Mt Woodson, San Diego)
Stew getting up there just in time for a sunset top-out <br> <br> (note: this was before a 2-bolt anchor was added)
Selena showing us how to "rest" mid-route. Most mortals opt to power through.
Katie reaching for the final jug on the Learning Cave Chimney
Michael just being happy about that top out jug
Stew working his way up, just before sunset
top of the cave - good place to enjoy the sunset (in the summer months)
Unless you are significantly taller than 6 ft and quite flexible, you'll likely have to go into a full body bridge stem to make upward progress. On lead, you can kick one leg out to the other side for better clipping stances.
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