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Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
07/03/2022
Hiking up the long switchbacks into Garnet Canyon.
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
07/03/2022
Looking up into Garnet Canyon.
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
07/03/2022
Scrambling up the large talus toward Spalding Falls.
Richard Forbes
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07/03/2022
Climbing up toward Moraine Camp.
Richard Forbes
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07/03/2022
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
07/03/2022
The view up toward Lower Saddle from Moraine Camp.
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
07/03/2022
Camping at Moraine Camp!
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
07/03/2022
Looking up toward Exum Route from the Lower Saddle. The Black Dike is obvious (in the middle) as is the bicolored saddle.
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
07/03/2022
Another view of the bicolored saddle (and climbers approaching toward the Lower Exum).
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
07/03/2022
Looking up toward the Lower Exum.
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
07/03/2022
The ramp - the easiest way to approach the first chimney pitch.
Richard Forbes
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07/03/2022
Entering the chimney - pitch 1.
Richard Forbes
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07/03/2022
Pitch 2 - the easier fifth class terrain.
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
07/03/2022
Enjoying some high-exposure climbing.
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
07/03/2022
The Black Face.
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
07/03/2022
The Golden Staircase.
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
07/03/2022
Looking up the Wind Tunnel.
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
07/03/2022
Belaying just below the Friction Pitch.
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
07/03/2022
Traversing toward the V-Pitch (visible at the top left of the ridge).
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
07/03/2022
The Petzoldt Lieback.
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
07/03/2022
The Boulder in the Sky Problem.
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
07/03/2022
Final approach to the summit!
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
07/03/2022
The second rappel to the Upper Saddle.
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
07/03/2022
Descending from the Upper Saddle.
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
07/03/2022
The lighting gets dramatic on the descent.
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
07/03/2022
Looking back up toward the Upper Saddle.
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
07/03/2022
Out of the serious terrain and almost back to the Lower Saddle.