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Direct South Face of Lone Pine

Following Beckey up an historic puzzle
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  • Moonlit approach

    Moonlit approach

    In our frenzied search for water, which took us upward, we found it difficult not to stop and take it all in.

  • Approach gully

    Approach gully

    Having found water and topped off, we made our way to the start of the climb. The first section of the route involved a 1000' of gully climbing, culminating in some exposed 4th class travel.

  • A view of a wall

    A view of a wall

    Our route turned the corner after the chimneys and followed a weakness of crumbling wide cracks and vegetated ledges. To our left, the massive fractured lower face of the wall screamed for attention.

  • Reckoning

    Reckoning

    Terrain making sense

  • Progress

    Progress

    Approaching the Eye of the Needle

  • Finishing the climb

    Finishing the climb

    There is always a sense of relief when you know you're through the thick of it on a big route,

  • Perspective

    Perspective

    Our home was visible thousands of feet below, from the shoulder of the wall.

  • Descent

    Descent

    High in the crumbling granite slope, an alpine forest

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    A view of a wall
    Reckoning
    Progress