Halfway up the Totem Pole

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Halfway up the Totem Pole

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Panorama of the approach, glitterbox wall, and the spire.

Totem Pole, Lower Devils Canyon

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Justin Kenderes

Nov 26, 2012

“Halfway up the Totem Pole”

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Panorama of the approach, glitterbox wall, and the spire.

Halfway up the Totem Pole

Totem Pole, Lower Devils Canyon

Wedding proposal on top of the Totem! She said yes if you couldn't tell by his expression :)

unknown climber ends the day on the pole

Sunset pole.

Totem Pole

Austin pulling the crux moves

Totem pole, shmotem pole

2nd Pitch.

Aaron at the top of the (almost) full length image of the spire.

Colton taking a seat at the mid-pitch rappel station.

Aaron on the lead.<br>
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This whole location is just beautiful, especially with turning leaves.

Three crazy cats sending a classic.

Ready to climb the totem

Chase E. placing protection for the crux movel

You are going to love it on the top! Great desert spire, definitely a classic!!

The anchors for the first pitch just above the ledge on the left. First pitch is a breeze.... good warmup.

Totem Pole

The Totem Pole, Lower Devil's Canyon, Arizona.

Totem Pole

Sometimes you just gotto warm up a bit!

An awesome view from the top looking down.

Approaching the second bolt that is on the slant side of a great rest ledge.

Geir leads pitch 2 of the Totem Pole.

taking a little break before P2.

Fun Route!

The top of the Totem. It's big enough for 4 people, but any more then that and you'd be pushing it.

Chase E. leading up the second pitch.

Austin cruising around the aerate after clipping the 3rd bolt. This was able 30 seconds before he fell on his first attempt.

Tony and Dobie on top of TP on Sat. Feb. 6th -- taken from the top of the Coop, LDE.

Aaron on the lead.

Colton and Aaron at the top of the Totem Spire

approaching the crux above final bolt

Another Pano showing the valley below.

Panasy Climbs

Aaron at the crux of the route. Up to this point, the whole route is maybe a 5.9, until the last 20 feet. The last all trad section is definitely 5.10c~ish.

The top pitch is on solid rock, protected by a bomber permanent nut which can easily be backed up by a small cam.

You need to stand on top when you get up there!

Going up!

I could think of other names for this ~(:

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