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1033 viewsJohn gnome poses the Diamond Rock !
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1038 viewsView of Laurel Creek as seen from Diamond Rock as it makes its way past Potato Top
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1098 viewsView from the Diamond Rock looking down on where Lower laurel Falls is
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1003 viewsView from the Diamond Rock looking down on where Lower laurel Falls is
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1031 viewsIsolation shot of the Diamond Rock
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989 viewsView from the Diamond Rock looking down on where Lower laurel Falls is
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1052 viewsView of the gorge from Diamond Rock
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989 viewsLooking down
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1046 viewsLaurel Creek gorge
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1035 viewsJohn is gnome posing on the top of the next drop over from me as I stand upon the Diamond Rock which would be required if one was to continue down the main ridge towards the top of the falls. There are maybe two more drops you could do without a rope but any farther would not be easily possible.
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1053 viewsLooking down at where the top of the falls is
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1065 viewsThis is part of the drop that would require roping to continue (safely) down and would be the first major obstacle you would encounter if climbing up from the bottom. it would be hard to do that as you would be unable to throw a rope up that high so would require some serious freestyle climbing !
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1033 viewsJohn is gnome posing on the top of the next drop over from me as I stand upon the Diamond Rock which would be required if one was to continue down the main ridge towards the top of the falls. There are maybe two more drops you could do without a rope but any farther would not be easily possible.
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972 viewsThis is part of the drop that would require roping to continue (safely) down and would be the first major obstacle you would encounter if climbing up from the bottom. it would be hard to do that as you would be unable to throw a rope up that high so would require some serious freestyle climbing !
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955 viewsRidge that leads down to the top of the falls
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1055 viewsZooming in on where the falls are
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1047 viewsJohn on the previous drop on the main spine. We did not go any lower than this point on this trip. We still had a lot of arduous climbing to do to get back to the rope and then still had to renegotiate the crack which would be much harder than the descent !
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1105 viewsTyler on Diamond Rock
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965 viewsView of the gorge from our lower vantage point
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956 viewsAnother view across the Diamond Rock
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1034 viewsLooking down on the main spine that leads to the falls
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1042 viewsView of the Diamond Rock from the perch John was previously on (main spine)
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959 viewsJohn finds himself in a sea of reds !
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1048 viewsAnother view across the Diamond Rock
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