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Chris Wing working his way up to the bulge crux on "Chocolate Pocket."
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Yes, you gotta squeeze through that triangle. (No, not the big one. The little one...)
Looking into the pocket around the anchors
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Jeff Mahoney
Aug 3, 2015
“Chris Wing working his way up to the bulge crux on "Chocolate Pocket."”  

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The Pocket
The route has a very obvious start from inside the chimney below the triangle bomb bay. Long, but with good rests just after the squeeze and then before the bulge.
Yes, you gotta squeeze through that triangle. (No, not the big one. The little one...)
Chris Wing working his way up to the bulge crux on "Chocolate Pocket."
Looking into the pocket around the anchors
Making the move from chimney to face climbing
Miles working the chimney section of Chocolate Pocket while David belays
Myles Moser on a shirtless(!) lap of Chocolate Pocket, while Phil "Third Pillar" Bircheff gets into better position to heckle.
Alex belaying and praying that Chris doesn't have a chocolate pocket moment...
Jaeson on the face above the chockstone.

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The Chocolate Block (aka Rocky Top)
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