Ryan in the goods.

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Ryan in the goods.

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Approach to Comic Relief and Escape Artist.

Route as seen from the approach.

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Lane Baldridge

Sep 20, 2025

“Ryan in the goods.”

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Escape pitches from Comic Relief Buttress.

Escape pitches from Comic Relief Buttress.

Approach to Comic Relief and Escape Artist.

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Approach to Comic Relief and Escape Artist.

Ryan in the goods.

Route as seen from the approach.

1st real pitch.

On the SOB gully approach. Escape Artist is the wall on the left with the obvious vector traverse and left-facing dihedral.

Christa Cline leading out on the fourth pitch.

Starting lightning bolt crack. (Photo by Jeff Widen.)

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Pitch 5. Lighting bolt crack kind of visible to the right.

Starting the vector traverse. Such a cool pitch!

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The exit gully (if you don't do the Escape pitches).

The rappel from top of Comic Relief Buttress to get to exit gully. (If you don't do the Escape pitches).

Old pin at belay at top of pitch 3.

Mike Amato mantling out onto the start of the Vector Traverse.

Pitch 1, a full 70m. Kinda thin for about 15 feet.

Getting near the top of the crux pitch.

4th Class approach to base of Comic Relief and Escape Artist.

Start of the vector traverse.

Vector Traverse.

Seconding the first pitch, 5.9 Sweet!

Coming out of P2's vector traverse.

Bernard again in the crux pitch of Escape Artist.

Starting up pitch 3.

Higher up on pitch 3.

Pitch 5.

Mike Amato tackling the steep 5.9 corner on the fifth pitch.

Starting up pitch 1.

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4th Class approach to base of Comic Relief and Escape Artist.

Bernard Vachon in the crux dihedral of Escape Artist.

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