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Me leading pitch 3That's me, standing in my ruskies as I traverse across the bolt ladder that makes up most of pitch 3, on my way up to the Rocker Block. |
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Angel's Landing from the top of pitch 2The picture is awfully backlit, but the formation on the right (directly under the sun) is Angel's Landing. |
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Aaron's self-portrait at the top of pitch 2I'm pretty sure this picture was taken at the top of pitch 2. |
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Me leading pitch 3That's me working my way up a bolt ladder toward the Rocker Block. |
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Aaron leading the Yellow Alien PitchAaron at the beginning of pitch 4, affectionately known as the Yellow Alien Pitch because almost every move takes a yellow alien. Crack jumaring at its finest. |
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Aaron leading the Yellow Alien PitchThat's Aaron, about a third of the way up pitch 4. Just look at that dihedral... I can't believe there are people who can free climb this, but man do I wish I... |
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Aaron leading the Yellow Alien PitchThat's Aaron, about a third of the way up pitch 4. Just look at that dihedral... I can't believe there are people who can free climb this, but man do I wish I... |
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Aaron at the top of the Yellow Alien Pitch |
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Looking down from the top of pitch 4Looking down, you can see the lovely dihedral of the Yellow Alien Pitch from a different angle, and you can also make out the Rocker Block and the nice ledge at... |
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Looking down from the top of pitch 4Looking down, you can see the lovely dihedral of the Yellow Alien Pitch from a different angle, and you can also make out the Rocker Block and the nice ledge at... |
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A crowded belay!Aaron and I (you can see my leg on the left side of the picture) hanging out at the belay at the end of pitch 4 (the Yellow Alien Pitch). |
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Angel's Landing and The Organ from the top of P4The picture is a bit crooked, but that's Angel's Landing (on the right side) and The Organ (the lower formation on the right, connected to Angel's Landing).... |
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Angel's Landing from the top of pitch 5Angel's Landing, seen from the top of pitch 5 (I think). You can see part (but not all) of The Organ to the left of it. |
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Me leading pitch 5That's me, leading pitch 5, the crappy chimney pitch. Actually, only the first part is crappy, and it's not that bad. It's a little awkward getting up to the... |
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Floating PigThe pig, just released from its dock at the top of the Yellow Alien Pitch, ready to be hauled (by me) up pitch 5. It's out away from the wall because the... |
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The other side of the canyonHere you can see Spaceshot, another popular bigwall route in Zion. I'm pretty sure this was taken from the top of pitch 5, where we bivied. |
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The view up the canyonThis was taken from the ledge where we bivied, at the end of pitch 5. |
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Our Cozy BivyThis is where we spent the night. As you can see, the portaledge is set up, the haul bag is docked, and the view is spectacular. |
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Looking down from our bivy ledgeLooking down at our portaledge and the ground below. |
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Aaron at the bivy ledgeAaron standing on the ledge at the end of pitch 5, just before nightfall. |
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Testing out the ledgeAaron lying in the portaledge, after adjusting all the lines and trying to get the thing positioned correctly. |
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Looking up from the ledgeAaron took this one while lying in the portaledge, just before nightfall. I love how once you come out of the chimney on pitch 5, you can see the whole rest of... |
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Watching them watch usThis picture is a little dark, as it was taken at dusk, but you can see a car stopped on the road. They probably noticed our headlamps up on the wall and... |
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Morning, day twoAhh, what a sight to wake up to. I was leading pitch 6 when Aaron took this. |
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Getting ready to leadMe, getting ready to lead pitch 6, the first pitch of the morning. Just look at that view! |
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Me leading pitch 6Me leading pitch 6 of Moonlight Buttress, early in the morning of our second day. |
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Me leading pitch 6Me leading pitch 6 of Moonlight Buttress, early in the morning of our second day. |
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Aaron leading pitch 7Aaron leading pitch 7 of Moonlight Buttress, early in the morning of our second day. |
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Pitch 7Looking up to the summit from the bottom of pitch 7 of Moonlight Buttress. That's Aaron leading the lower part of the pitch on the left. |
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Zion Canyon from top of pitch 6Looking south down the Virgin River from the top of pitch 6 of Moonlight Buttress. You can just barely see my car in the Big Bend parking area. |
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