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It gets windy at the top - build 'saddlebags' out of slings for the rope and let it out as you descend
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Getting over the first lip to rappel down is a bit of a bugger though
Ridge to the top out! North ridge route
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Phil McAllister
Jun 12, 2015
“It gets windy at the top - build 'saddlebags' out of slings for the rope and let it out as you descend”  

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Jenna climbing up the easy 4th class after the 5.6 section on the North Ridge. Photo by Brian Aitken.
"North Ridge".<br> Photo by Blitzo.
At the top of North Ridge summit setting up rappel for decent. June 25, 2016
On the exposed ridge to top out. June 25, 2016
Getting over the first lip to rappel down is a bit of a bugger though
It gets windy at the top - build 'saddlebags' out of slings for the rope and let it out as you descend
Ridge to the top out! North ridge route
Looking down from the top. Cold belay...
Jenna rappelling off the Upper Spire after doing the North Ridge (her first trad climb and rappel). Photo by Brian Aitken.
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