Starting the traverse of Pitch Two. Pretty exciting.

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Starting the traverse of Pitch Two. Pretty exciting.

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Kate following the final pitch on Topo Oceans. Rad!!!

Chuck Graves climbing thru the crux of Pitch 4.

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Kenny Parker

Aug 29, 2009

“Starting the traverse of Pitch Two. Pretty exciting.”

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Chuck Graves still moving up on Pitch 4. Pretty exciting and thin at this point.

P3 of Topo Oceans passes up through a water groove (see dark streak) and up past a few bolts on slightly easier (5.8) ground to anchors below a large number of bolts marking the final crux pitch.

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Kate following the final pitch on Topo Oceans. Rad!!!

Starting the traverse of Pitch Two. Pretty exciting.

Chuck Graves climbing thru the crux of Pitch 4.

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Chuck Graves on Pitch 2.

Anne Carrier on the first pitch, after the initial roof move.

Route begins in lower left and diagonals up and to the right towards the final headwall after crossing the prominent water groove.

Anne climbing and Gary belaying.

Gary on Topographical Oceans.

Gary Molzan high on second pitch of Topographical Oceans.

Anne Carrier on first pitch.

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Chuck Graves starting up last pitch - 14 bolts - steep and hard.

Rodger Raubach following pitch 2 on Topographical Oceans.

Chuck Graves starting up Pitch 2, photo Kenny Parker.

Gary Molzan leading the first 5.9+ pitch.

Charlie at clipping the second bolt on Topo. The crux of P1 can be protected by a #3 camalot below the lip of the overlap.

Cynical Pinnacle from the Dome. Pretty incredible scenery all around.

Chuck masters the last pitch.The final pitch has more bolts, a little over body length apart, but climbing is steeper and feels thinner. It's also sustained with little or no opportunity to rest those aching calf muscles.

P2 of Topo Oceans, which is now equipped entirely of modern harware. There is certainly a psychological crux from the point that Charlie is at now, until reaching the anchors (2 or 3 more bolts).

Anne Carrier, pulling the 5.9+ roof on the first pitch.

Start of the 2nd pitch, just before the first bolt (there's only 6 to the farther anchors, about 140+ ft). Fun! Fun! Fun! The good stuff.

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