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Looking over at Twilight Zone from the belay. The crux of TOTC is above this roof. I once tried to hand-traverse the roof as an alternative to walking on the narrow ledge above, but it got desperate pretty quickly.
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Mark Mooradian following the first pitch. Photo by Tricia.
Nic Fries setting up the hanging belay at the end of pitch 1, taken from the starting terrace.
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Denis O'Connor
Jul 16, 2009
“Looking over at Twilight Zone from the belay. The crux of TOTC is above this roof. I once tried to hand-traverse the roof as an alternative to walking on the narrow ledge above, but it got desperate pretty quickly.”  

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