Top of the spire, ma!

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Top of the spire, ma!

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Third pitch.

3rd pitch.

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Paul Searcy

Sep 8, 2005

“Top of the spire, ma!”

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Third pitch.

Top of the spire, ma!

3rd pitch.

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Sweet thin hands splitter on the third pitch!

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Looking down while Tony Bubb comes up the top pitch of Jah Man. Photo by Joseffa Meir, 1999(?)

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Tim Foulkes replacing a 1/4 inch bolt on the last pitch of Jah Man. Somebody buy that guy a dank soda!

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Darren "sport-climbing" on the last pitch.<br>
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Peter Metcalf starting into the goods right off the ground

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The Reverie and Castleton Tower from the base of Jah Man.

The Squeeze.

Yours truly rocking the Casbah on the sister squeeze.

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Matt traverses left on the tricky crux of Jah Man.

Chino Parada on P3

Tony Bubb near topping out high over the valley on Jah Man. Photo by Joseffa Meir, 1999(?).

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Tristan Hechtel leading the great hand crack on pitch 4

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Angela Van Stein taping up for our summer ascent

Pointing towards Arches NP, 1997.

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