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Packing camp in the morning. (light from the east.) |
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An interesting pile of sand stone. |
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Another view on the layers. |
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Sean. |
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Elizabeth. |
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Joe. |
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Marie. |
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First views of the Crux. |
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Closer view. We have to cross the lower ledge. |
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Approaching the crux. |
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Resting before the crux. |
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Anticipating the crux. |
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The crux. Really not that bad. |
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Sean hooking up a pack. |
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Carries it down. |
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Pack hand off. |
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I pull it across. |
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Back to the ledge and unhook. |
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Store them up high. |
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Elizabeth on the hand line. |
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Inspectng the crux. |
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Across. Sending the teather back. |
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A view of the drop off below the ledge. |
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Marie at the crux. |
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Marie crossing the crux. |
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From there we worked around a corner and up ledges to exit the canyon. |
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Across this ledge then up the treed ramp beyond. |
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This is the verticle prow with crack described in the guide book. |
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Mostly easy walking on good ledges. |
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A few steeper steps up. |
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The ramp from the bottom. |
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Marie. |
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Elizabeth. |
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Joe. |
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Marie. |
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Some old crypto soil. |
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Another ledge. |
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Leading to final exit up this ramp and wall. Not nearly as steep as it looks. |
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OK, we are on top and looking north into the Colorado. |
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Interesting lichen. |
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Marie ahead. Bit of an old trail to follow. |
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One of very many balanced rocks. |
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The terrain ahead. We'll be walking over the furthest rise near center. |
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A view of "The Block". In 2000 Steve and I did a route which crossed most of that. |
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Second lunch. |
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Photo from the rise. Coloado crosses photo, Midway canyon on right. Small side canyon in mid ground. |
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The Cobra - on obvious landmark in middle Midway Canyon. We camped on the slick rock left of the Cobra. |
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Walking washes when we can. |
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Group. |
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Group. |
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Working our way down benches. |
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The benches you have to descend. Often involves walking all the way to a benche's far end to get down. |
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I think this is a good approximation of our route down the benches. The final section is a 4th class gully. |