3 viewsAnother crack, Looking up at the left part of the cliff tops from my puckering ledge perch. if you zoom in you can see Tyler looking down at me through that tiny hole up top !!
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3 viewsLooking up at the left part of the cliff tops from my puckering ledge perch
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3 viewsLooking back at the ledge i had just came across which is partly obscured by some growth
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3 viewsThe undercut edge where the fanged critters live
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3 viewsmaking my way back across the ledge to the point to where I can continue down and join john for more exploration
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3 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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3 viewsGoing farther along the ledge I found an undercut edge where I am certain many snakes reside
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3 viewsFinally can touch a foot to something !
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3 viewsView to the right
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3 viewsLooking up from the bottom of the rope
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3 viewsThis is the view looking up from just below the point (Fornication Point) where the rope landing zone is as we continue to climb lower on the main cliff spine
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3 viewsThis is the view looking up from just below the point (Fornication Point) where the rope landing zone is as we continue to climb lower on the main cliff spine
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3 viewsLooking back at a small portion of the drops we had to encounter to get down to the Diamond Rock
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3 viewsLooking down
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3 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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3 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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3 viewsAnother view across the Diamond Rock
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3 viewsLooking down on the main spine that leads to the falls
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3 viewsView of the Diamond Rock from the perch John was previously on (main spine)
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3 viewsJohn resting as we find a small level spot on the climb back up
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3 viewsView looking down at the gorge just above the falls
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3 viewsJohn climbing back up to the rope landing point
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3 viewsJohn back at the point as seen from my puckering perch on the ledge .
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3 viewsBack to the rope
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