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Paul climbing past the first bolt. The second bolt is way up there above Paul's head!
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Joe LaBarbera pulling onto small smear of a hold with little for his hands.
Photo shows center of Upper Tier. A great view of Rocco's Corner, the left facing corner just left of center of photo. The white streak is White Streak (5.11), and the two bolts of Fire Stone and large flake are clearly seen to the right of the left angling crack, Super Doo (5.2).
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Brad Allender
Jul 27, 2005
“Paul climbing past the first bolt. The second bolt is way up there above Paul's head!”  

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To add an additional fun short ending (5.8 or so) to Fire Stone, from the belay anchors, instead of scrambling up to the top past the small tree, head straight up from the anchors over the short steep wall. Shorter people will find this a bit harder... Oh, great mid size cams in the right of the crack protect the moves.
Sallie liebacking up the flake in good style.
Joe LaBarbera pulling onto small smear of a hold with little for his hands.
Paul climbing past the first bolt. The second bolt is way up there above Paul's head!
Photo shows center of Upper Tier. A great view of Rocco's Corner, the left facing corner just left of center of photo. The white streak is White Streak (5.11), and the two bolts of Fire Stone and large flake are clearly seen to the right of the left angling crack, Super Doo (5.2).
Joe LaBarbera standing on top of the flake getting ready to delicately step onto the blank face.
Fire Stone starts at the right-most black streak and goes up to the left facing flake and up to the top of the black streak below the rock scoop above. The only two bolts can be seen in the black streak.
Sallie following up the route! All of us baking on this hot and sunny day...
Paul standing on top of flake getting ready to make the thin step out onto the face.
Paul testing flake for gear placement. good placements protect the layback type moves up the flake to it's top.
Paul on the delicate traverse left to reach second bolt. Slipping here would not be fun!

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Paul Rezucha
Alameda
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