Brian Talbert on belay... mid 90's.

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Brian Talbert on belay... mid 90's.

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4th Pitch Belay; Photo by Karl VonZabern

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Brian Talbert on belay... mid 90's.

4th Pitch Belay; Photo by Karl VonZabern

Aiding out the Roof

Free climbing topo for the GM, though there should be enough beta for an aid climber to make a solid go of it as well.

Local Ashvillian Cole Casserly linking p3 & 4.....tall man beta.

start p5 in the dark while its raining

Fritz luxuriates at the belay. (We were a bunch of nancy boys and aided the route)

For those of us not cranking 5.13 this still makes a great aid line.

Some of the older fixed pro on P-1. The pin is definitely not an original but it still broke with only a tap or two as it was being removed. A single bolt (#2) was used to replace these two pieces (summer of 2013).

Tiptoeing up the dihedral section of the Open Book 5.12+. Photo: Jacob Ward.

Glass Menagerie topo with pitch 2 variation. Copied from Bigwalls.net

P2 variation

Ben getting a quick rest in the kneebar before taking on the crux

Pulling through the 13a crux roof pitch. Photo: Jacob Ward.

Scott aiding the 3rd pitch, GM.

The choss 2nd pitch.

Chad and Lee racking up for a go on the crux 5.13 pitch of the Menagerie. Lee cruised this pitch second go.

hanging out at the top of p4below the huge roof (our bivi spot)

someone rapping off in the rain routes overhung for sure and that guys rope was like 10 feet short of the ground

second pitch we chose the roofs variation it was fun and easy

p3 got strange for us we stayed right for too long and ended up in this flaring chimney which was off route i think a2+ and busting some free moves not ideal with a full aide rack. we ended that pitch 15 feet up and 15 right of that anchors and built a belay and got back out route the rocks a little brittle left above that chimney

Chad Umbel below the second pitch of The Glass Megagerie 5.12+. Sent it second go.

above the p3 anchors where we should have ended p3

Thomas Skinner aiding out the 3rd pitch of GM(picture and belay by Alex Willis.

nate jugging the haul line

p1 of glass menagerie

anchor on p1 nice new bolts

above and left of that chimney

to the right of p4

Just above the roof on Glass Menagerie

Pitch 5, So great!

Lee "Tator Man" Robinson redpointing the second pitch with ease.

Awesome P3 dihedral

drew climbing the last pitch 5.9

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