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All Locations > Alaska > Interior Alaska… > Denali NP > Ruth Gorge > Gargoyle > New Mother Nature (5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c C1)
Firn line was quite high that year... warmest winter followed the warmest spring= very little snow coverage. We were calling the glacier "the devil sea"! Looking west to the Rooster Comb.
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Dave on the 1st pitch... 5.11- C1
Tunnel under the massive chockstone to gain the wet twin corners... beautiful cracks
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Drew Spaulding
Jul 19, 2014
“Firn line was quite high that year... warmest winter followed the warmest spring= very little snow coverage. We were calling the glacier "the devil sea"! Looking west to the Rooster Comb.”  

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A view of our approach to the base and our tent in the distance
View of the Gargoyle from the north... New Mother Nature!
View from Peak 6000'<br>
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Dave drilling a 1/4"er to get through the offwidth crux
A little spindrift on Mt. Dickey
Looking across the Gorge
Chillin' after the descent
Peace from the summit...
Peace from the summit...
Dave on the 2nd to last pitch...11:00pm
Summit of Mt. Huntington seen over the crest of the Rooster Comb
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