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1058 viewsFinally can touch a foot to something !
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1057 viewsJohn and Larry sitting on the highest point of the Rhino Cliffs
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1055 viewsLarry sitting on the highest point of the Rhino Cliffs
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1055 viewsPartial 3/4 shot of us on top of the Rhino Cliffs (Photo by Tyler 'Little RAT' Tarpley)
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1055 viewsJohn going down the crack on the rope
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1055 viewsView from cliffs (taken with my larger camera)
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1054 viewsLooking across the right side of the Rhino Cliff tops
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1054 viewsZooming in on where the falls are
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1052 viewsCliff view of the Laurel Creek gorge which is just above the lower falls
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1052 viewsTyler accessing the crack
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1051 viewsLooking down at where the top of the falls is
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1051 viewsLooking down the rope as Tyler has disappeared over the edge of the Pine tree root and is now on the vertical hanging in air part of the route !
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1050 viewsView of the gorge from Diamond Rock
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1050 viewsZoomed shot of some colors seen deep in the gorge
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1049 viewsLooking up at one point along the ledge
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1049 viewsLooking up at the top of the Rhino Cliff
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1049 viewsOnce you get below the pine root its all air and verticality without any toe holds or hand holds , it`s all rope at that point !
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1049 viewsLooking up again from the ledge
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1046 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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1046 viewsAnother view across the Diamond Rock
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1046 viewsJohn is now negotiating the large root where it becomes a mid air rope only situation
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1046 viewsRhino Cliffs as seen from Laurel falls below (zoomed) (Photo by Larry Jarret)
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1045 viewsLaurel Creek gorge
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1044 viewsJohn climbing over one of many drops to get back to the base of the rope
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