HELL'S GATE NP <br> Photo taken from the base of the "Entrance Wall". Just a short walk to the excellent climbing here!

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HELL'S GATE NP<br>
Photo taken from the base of the "Entrance Wall". Just a short walk to the excellent climbing here!

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Spicy 5.9 at 15,000 ft up Point Peter on Mt Kenya.

The amphitheatre bivy.

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Ken Trout

Feb 11, 2013

“HELL'S GATE NP
Photo taken from the base of the "Entrance Wall". Just a short walk to the excellent climbing here! ”

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