Day 1:
Approached the climb and pumped 9 gallons
of water (75 lbs). Shuttled loads up the approach slabs to the base of
the climb and fixed 3 pitches.
Day 2:
Blasted up to pitch 9. Where there were 2 missing bolts. Could
not bypass them. Jeremy tried duct taping a talon to the wall,
penduluming to an arete to free climb, hooking flakes with a
cliffhanger; all to no avail. We bivied on pitch 8.
Day 3:
Dumped out our water and bailed the next day.
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| The route |
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Pointing out the route and how far we got on the route
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| The gear |
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| Our sherpa |
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Pumping 9 gallons of H2O
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The approach pitches This was a lot of effort
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At the base of the climb sorting gear after shuttle gear
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This was kinda sketchy tension traverse on rappel
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Some A2 action P5
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Tore up my hand a little bit
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Jeremy on P9
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P9 Jeremy attempting to bypass 2 blown bolts with a talon and duck tape
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| Our Friends on Sherraton Watkins. They also bailed |
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Had to sleep on Sherraton Watkins because could not progress
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Bedtime drank some Whiskey and watched the stars
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Woke up and poured out 20 liters of water (44lbs)
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Bailing
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| Bailing |
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Time for some pizza and beer with friends met on the climb
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