Reed's Direct 1st pitch 1974

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Reed's Direct 1st pitch 1974

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Morning free-solo up Reeds Direct

Angela on the second pitch of Reeds Direct

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Rick Cashner and John Bachar, free soloing "Reed's Direct", 1982.<br>
Photo by Blitzo.

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Reed's Direct<br>

The second pitch

Telephoto of unknown climber on route; from 3 miles distant.

Morning free-solo up Reeds Direct

Reed's Direct 1st pitch 1974

Angela on the second pitch of Reeds Direct

The money second pitch, from the Parking area.

Reed's Pinnacle beta photo.

Looking down P1.

Plug and chug

Unknown climber topping out on P2, taken from the parking lot 05/31/2023

Pitch 1.

The 10a off width finish won this one.

Reed's Direct "Portrait."

Many emotions experienced just before the offwidth topout on Reed's Direct, pitch 3. Photo posted with permission by fearless leader Leo Qiu.

Nat topping out on pitch 2, all smiles after grunting through the offwidth finish.

Looking down Pitch 2. Awesome.

Pitch 3.

First pitch.<br>
Photo by Blitzo.

The second rappel station if you're rapping down Reed's with a 70m rope.

This horizontal chimney will take you from the top of pitch 2 over to the Regular Route finish on Reed's Pinnacle.

The last chimney is fairly good, but this last section is the business.

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