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The Key

Packing for the wall. Photo by Tom Evans. Hauling the bags up to the top of pitch 5, on our way to getting them up to pitch 8. This route is BLANK. There are 2 ledges on the entire route. TWO. One on top of pitch 5 and one on top of pitch 17. Otherwise, it's totally sheer. Thank god for our portaledge!! Tomorrow we are headed up for the next 4 days to explore the last 4 unclimbed pitches on the route. Tommy has aided through this section before, but its never seen a free climb attempt. We are expecting ...