Meriah Meloche belaying. In the bottom of the photo is the stick we got from down by the river for the clip. March 2003.

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Meriah Meloche belaying. In the bottom of the photo is the stick we got from down by the river for the clip. March 2003.

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Meriah Meloche belaying. Brit Hyland waiting for the rock to start moving. March 2003.

Go! A speed ascent begins ... The rope hanging down is not being used.

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Joseph Proulx

Nov 17, 2004

“Meriah Meloche belaying. In the bottom of the photo is the stick we got from down by the river for the clip. March 2003.”

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Not that this thing really needs a topo... There's a PDF version of this formatted to fit on an 8.5 x 11 page here: http://www.thealoof.com/climbing-mexican-hat-utah/

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Thanks for the beer K!!! Glad we got there before it got skunked! We came off the river on 4/14, drove by and saw you up there too.

Meriah Meloche belaying. Brit Hyland waiting for the rock to start moving. March 2003.

Meriah Meloche belaying. In the bottom of the photo is the stick we got from down by the river for the clip. March 2003.

Go! A speed ascent begins ... The rope hanging down is not being used.

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