Lightning storm on Phantom Sprint

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Lightning storm on Phantom Sprint

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Me Aiding up the last pitch, shot from Ancient art

Fun BW placement on P1, allowing me to move up high enough to clean out a seam with a nut tool. I found 2 pockets large enough in the sloping slab to set my smallest brassie & peanut to make 2 moves up before getting an OK Totem. Meanwhile, this fell out!

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Jeff Spicoli

Feb 18, 2020

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Me Aiding up the last pitch, shot from Ancient art

Lightning storm on Phantom Sprint

Fun BW placement on P1, allowing me to move up high enough to clean out a seam with a nut tool. I found 2 pockets large enough in the sloping slab to set my smallest brassie & peanut to make 2 moves up before getting an OK Totem. Meanwhile, this fell out!

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