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Big Trad Thong Pitch 6
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Big Trad Thong Pitch 5
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Mikl asked me what I thought the
grade on this pitch is. I would
call it old school Piddington
13. ...
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Uploaded on Jan 19, 2009
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Up a ramp, great rock on the
left, OK on the right. A fun
easy ramp that runs up into a
steepish ...
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Uploaded on Jan 19, 2009
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Big Trad Thong Pitch 4
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Big Trad Thong Pitch 3
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The business. Well protected.
Massive exposure. Props to Mikl
who led this ground up, it ...
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Uploaded on Jan 19, 2009
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This is probably the section
with the worst rock. But it is
easy to reach past and you have
good ...
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Uploaded on Jan 19, 2009
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Big Trad Thong Pitch 2
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Big Trad Thong
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Enter the choss. (Not actually
real bad) The line is obvious,
it is amazing that this line ...
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Uploaded on Jan 19, 2009
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Standing at the bottom and
looking up at the route
"Big Trad Thong". The
red line shows ...
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Uploaded on Jan 18, 2009
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Adding a U to Big Trad Thong
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Amen Corner
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Mikl Law, channeling a little
Hunter S. Thompson, adds a beefy
U bolt to the belay at the top
of ...
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Uploaded on Jan 18, 2009
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Amen Corner at Mt Piddington.
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Uploaded on Jan 14, 2009
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The Safety Meeting
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At the top
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Every day on the rock ends with
a safety meeting. Very
important.
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Uploaded on Dec 11, 2008
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Unfortunately due to my
inability to follow simple
directions we parked in the
wrong spot. So now ...
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Uploaded on Dec 11, 2008
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Wall and Valley
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On the Headwall
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This is looking up the valley,
south from one of the belays
near the top.
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Uploaded on Dec 11, 2008
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This is the ironstone wall near
the top. the climbing is not
hard but it is continuous,
slightly ...
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Uploaded on Dec 11, 2008
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On the Headwall
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The headwall
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There is a nice ledge at one of
the belays. One hard move to
start the next pitch and get off
it ...
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Uploaded on Dec 11, 2008
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About 90 meters of this straight
up. There are loads of holds,
most of them good, ...
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Uploaded on Dec 11, 2008
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A Carrot Bolt
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The scrubby section
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Edit on Jan 5 2009 - if you are
here regarding the recent
accident at Pierces Pass, this
was NOT the ...
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Uploaded on Dec 11, 2008
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The 4th and 5th pitches are a 80
meter section of low angle
scrubby rock. Certainly not as
bad as ...
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Uploaded on Dec 10, 2008
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Halfway up pitch 3
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Marcus on pitch 2
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I stopped on the way up pitch 3
to get a shot of Marcus on the
belay. We are getting some air
under ...
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Uploaded on Dec 10, 2008
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Around the corner on the end of
pitch 2. While leading this
pitch I missed the bolt below
the one ...
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Uploaded on Dec 10, 2008
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