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4 viewsContinuing along the ledge
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4 viewsMy view looking back at Fornication Point (where the bottom of the crack and rope is) as seen from the ledge I was exploring
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4 viewsLooking up from the ledge
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4 viewsThe ledge
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4 viewsThe ledge goes to that point and just around the corner it gets to narrow to safely go any farther
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4 viewsTyler makes it look easy
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4 viewsAlmost back to the point
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4 viewsJust off the rope Tyler continues down the next drop which is about 15 feet but can be done without a rope if one is careful.
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4 viewsif you look closely you can see Larry Jarret on the tip top of the cliffs as I look back to try and get some scale to the actual height of these amazing cliffs (zoomed)
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4 viewsLooking back at a small portion of the drops we had to encounter to get down to the Diamond Rock
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4 viewsView across the Diamond Rock
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4 viewsView from the Diamond Rock looking down on where Lower laurel Falls is
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4 viewsLaurel Creek gorge
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4 viewsRidge that leads down to the top of the falls
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4 viewsZooming in on where the falls are
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4 viewsTyler on Diamond Rock
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4 viewsAnother view across the Diamond Rock
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4 viewsTyler already halfway up the crack , as he is perched upon the large pine tree root. He is waiting to help me get back up as he knows I will need it !
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4 viewsthe narrow corner on the ledge
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4 viewsThis shows just how difficult this crack and primitive rope method is to do !
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4 viewsJohn pulling hard to gain some headway in this tight crack
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4 viewsOnce on top of the pine tree root there is still much vertical to go but its much easier since there are places to get a toe in where below it there is nothing.
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4 viewsJohn goes ahead of me to complete the last leg of the climb
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4 viewsA short rest before continuing up the crack
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