Dave Dekelskamp firing the start of P9

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Dave Dekelskamp firing the start of P9

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Bent bolt on Pitch 3 (all other bent bolts are clippable with a biner as of Sept 2025) Next bolt is hard to find, it's further left than one would think as clipping it pulls you left of the obviously dish that you'll want to climb upwards towards.

"Golden Boulder" on the valley floor – taken from the bottom of MFT (zoomed lens)

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Looking up and down from the Pitch 3 anchors

Looking up and down from the Pitch 4 anchors

Looking up and down from the Pitch 14 anchors

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Looking up and down from the Pitch 8 anchors (Couldn't find the anchors at first so built a gear anchor. I've marked the anchors)

Looking up and down from the Pitch 6 anchors (showing the bolt that is not on the topo)

Looking up and down from the Pitch 7 anchors (pitch veers more left than it looks on topo)

Looking up and down from the Pitch 11 anchors (I wasn't able to connect to the left facing corner where the anchors are so ended up building a gear anchor on the face once out of rope & then doing a 2nd mini pitch rightward on hummocks to the anchors

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Looking up and down from the Pitch 2 anchors

"2nd Small Book" start of pitch 9 (after moving belay 30-40 feet) is the middle

My Favorite Things Photo Overlay with Belays

Looking up and down from the Pitch 9 anchors (Start shown AFTER moving the anchor 30-40' left up the ramp from the bolted P8 anchors)

Looking up and down from the Pitch 12 anchors (take left-facing features to the right of anchors)

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Topping out with no water but fantastic lighting

Bent bolt on Pitch 3 (all other bent bolts are clippable with a biner as of Sept 2025) Next bolt is hard to find, it's further left than one would think as clipping it pulls you left of the obviously dish that you'll want to climb upwards towards.

Dave Dekelskamp firing the start of P9

"Golden Boulder" on the valley floor – taken from the bottom of MFT (zoomed lens)

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Looking up and down from the Pitch 13 anchors

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Looking down at the ledge at the start of the route.

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