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| Patricia Lake is beautiful! | Warming up on Modern Trad, awesome 5.10 | Higher up on Modern Trad |
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| Neighbours | Melissa and Morgan, our new friend | Morgan was so cute and playful... it was difficult to catch him still enough to take a photo! |
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| We toproped this 5.11a next to Modern Trad | Some cool 5.10 arete route |
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| Coming up the arete |
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| Sons of Liberty, 5.10d - amazing. | At the top of the splitter hand crack of Sons of Liberty | Melissa past the crux of Sons |
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| Into the nice hand crack | Back to Modern Trad, this is a 5.10d on the left of it | Me and Sarah Kate on the right |
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| Patricia Lake in all of its glory |
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| So inviting! | A short 5.10d on the Pillar Wall |
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| Toproping the thin 5.10d to the left | Sarah Kate sending a splitter |
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| You can see two different climbers :) | Nearing the top... |
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| Loving the perfect cracks | Hiking out in the evening - it was cold! Helps to be over 10,000 feet up... | Bear Creek Spire on the hike out |
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| Lots of wildflowers on the hike.. | Crystal Crag with Lake George |
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| Lake George with Crystal Crag | The Dike Wall, left side |
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| What a beautiful spot to climb & hang out... and we have it all to ourselves! | Lake George as seen from the Dike Wall | Starting up Cromagnon, amazing 5.10a sport climb |
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| The wall is really steep and fun! | Lake George from the top of the Dike Wall |
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| Attempt at a Photosphere from the top of the wall | Melissa going over the first roof on Cromagnon |
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| Chilling at the base | Can't stop shooting photos of this place.. |
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| Starting up the Black Dihedral, 5.10b | Higher up the Black Dihedral | Another climber on Cromagnon |
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| Going over the roof at the top felt like the crux | Lake George with a climber lowering off of Cromagnon | Styling up the Black Dihedral |
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| Black Lassie, 5.10d | Scoping up the difficulties on Black Lassie |
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| North side of the Dike Wall |
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| There is still snow at the base! Amazing considering the record-breaking dry winter.. | Hiking back along the lake... life is good | Parting view of Lake George |
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| Forest fires + a large thunderhead over Lake Topaz | Smoke from a forest fire near Carson City |