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Early morning start on the Northwest Face of Higher Cathedral Spire. (photo: Eric Sloan)
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Pitch 6 (easy face/ledge hoping to gain the obvious flared system)
Looking up at pitch 8 from the anchors
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Eric Foster
Jan 2, 2013
“Early morning start on the Northwest Face of Higher Cathedral Spire. (photo: Eric Sloan)”  

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Flagstaff, AZ
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