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Climbing the chimney for the first pitch of Spire 4. The worm hole is at the top where the chockstone caps off the chimney.
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The Wormhold atop of Pitch 1.
in-between spires!
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Peter Gram
Aug 21, 2002
“Climbing the chimney for the first pitch of Spire 4. The worm hole is at the top where the chockstone caps off the chimney.”  

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