Me hanging onto a short spire for dear life. Not necessary. We climbed the whole route in Tevas. Blow it out your ear!

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Me hanging onto a short spire for dear life. Not necessary. We climbed the whole route in Tevas. Blow it out your ear!

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This is the "chimney" section that CAN go at 5.3 if you climb the face that Sally's on, or 4th class if you ascend the chimney-proper. Again, this feature can be avoided. Just look around.

Icy with a nice dropoff.

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William McGehee

Jul 18, 2005

“Me hanging onto a short spire for dear life. Not necessary. We climbed the whole route in Tevas. Blow it out your ear!”

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View of the summit. A beautiful winter peak - 21 Jan. 2017.

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Kelso Ridge in September after some snow had fallen. View more images here: http://charlesstemen.com/torreys-peak-kelso-ridge/

Near the crux, July 2002. (Photo by James Burns)

9mile track, starting 2 miles down the road from the TH and finishing at the TH.

Kelso Ridge on 11/24/07.

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Nate nearing the summit of Torrey's via Kelso Ridge: May 2007

This is the "chimney" section that CAN go at 5.3 if you climb the face that Sally's on, or 4th class if you ascend the chimney-proper. Again, this feature can be avoided. Just look around.

Me hanging onto a short spire for dear life. Not necessary. We climbed the whole route in Tevas. Blow it out your ear!

Icy with a nice dropoff.

Sally on one of the few ledge-style harder sections. Most of these can be avoided by looking around to the sides.

Kelso Ridge on 11/24/07.

Looking back at the beginning of the knife edge - Jan. 21, 2017.

Kelso Ridge on 11/24/07.

dustin on the kelso ridge

Ashley Gann on Kelso Ridge.

Kelso Ridge in late May, 2017.

Final buttress.

The knife edge in winter conditions after an October snowstorm.

August 2021.

Nearing the summit in Jan. 2019 of a high snow year.

Windy action shot on the ridge.

Sooo good.

J.P. on the knife-edge (crux ?) of the Kelso Ridge. July 2003.

The view of the ridge from the drive up.

Just below the supposed crux (The real crux is the knife edge in winter).

Up on the ridge in August 2021.

Andy Hahn crossing the knife edge above Dead Dog Couloir in July 2003.

The 45-MPH wind gusts on this section knocked me over multiple times!

Torrey's to Gray's.

Lindsey on the saddle before starting up Kelso Ridge behind her.

Cory walking across Kelso after climbing Ded Dog Couloir.

The "arete slab" below the knife edge. I'd probably call this the crux maybe 1 move of low 5th Class, but it is avoidable.

The ridge from the Grays-Torreys saddle.

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Choctaw, OK

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