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Looking up at the 5th pitch crux. You can get a small cam (Yellow Alien I believe) just above the broken pin as seen in one of the previous pics. Then the next piece you can place is a Black Alien right in a thin crack as you step up protecting the crux fairly well.
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The highly recommended (**) start for The Long Climb is indicated by the Yellow arrow (p1 of The Wong Climb). The Red arrow indicates p2 of The Long Climb (the mummy crack)
Chuck nearing the top of the infamous p2 mummy crack
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Ryan Bracci
Aug 19, 2013
“Looking up at the 5th pitch crux. You can get a small cam (Yellow Alien I believe) just above the broken pin as seen in one of the previous pics. Then the next piece you can place is a Black Alien right in a thin crack as you step up protecting the crux fairly well.”  

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The highly recommended (**) start for The Long Climb is indicated by the Yellow arrow (p1 of The Wong Climb). The Red arrow indicates p2 of The Long Climb (the mummy crack)
Looking up at the 5th pitch crux. You can get a small cam (Yellow Alien I believe) just above the broken pin as seen in one of the previous pics. Then the next piece you can place is a Black Alien right in a thin crack as you step up protecting the crux fairly well.
Chuck nearing the top of the infamous p2 mummy crack
1st pitch.
Photo topo of The Long Climb/Wong Climb at Tahquitz. The version of the first pitch shown here is the Wong Climb, which is what everyone actually seems to do. Original photos and editable SVG files are available at github.com/bcrowell/tahquitz_photography
The last pitch of The Long Climb.
Climbing topo of The Long Climb/The Wong Climb at Tahquitz. The most recent version of this topo can always be found at github.com/bcrowell/tahquitz
A climbing artifact on The Long Climb.
Jonny running up the wong climb on the long climb. <br> <br> We got a little rain on this climb. <br> <br> Taken 5/09
Alternate start to the Long climb, (wong climb)
another photo of the Wong variation
2 bolts and chains at the 2nd belay. They are rusty so backup with a gear piece.
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