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Knife Edge
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River Hands free coming across the final part of the knife blade ridge
My partner demonstrating the approach trail. We threw a little cairn up to help out for other parties.
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Thomas Laursen
Jun 1, 2016
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A spire on the arete , but not the arrowhead spire !
Approach overview
The broken arch high up on Arrowhead Arete. This climb is a excellent adventure. Give it a early start so you have plenty of light to get down. I thought the first pitch was the crux and was a bit dirty. The traverse to the main wall at the top is awesome
Putting the rope away after the crux pitch 4.
Solo up here to the rappel then head right at the base of the wall.
River Hands free coming across the final part of the knife blade ridge
Knife Edge
My partner demonstrating the approach trail. We threw a little cairn up to help out for other parties.
One of three rappels past the chockstones in the decent gully. Watch out when pulling ropes there is a lot of loose rock in the gully.
Stan Wagon high above Yosemite Valley on the Arrowhead Arete, 1985
Another rendition of the approach. The Sloan topo matches up pretty well with both illustrated approaches. Keep hiking uphill until you can see the arete through a small clearing just before reaching the 4th class dirt/slabs.
At the top of the wall head left, direction of the arrow, around to the north face of arrowhead .
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