mid December conditions on the Apron, 2019 - butt cold.

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mid December conditions on the Apron, 2019 - butt cold.

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Photo and annotations by Dustin Lyons. Use this rappel or the walkoff to avoid sending rocks and ice down onto the apron when pulling ropes off the large P1 belay boulder.

Beta for the Stairway to Heaven P1/Apron descent. Minimize rock and ice fall on parties below by using the alternate rappel or walking off. Please do NOT rappel from the belay boulder at the top of P1.
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Photo: Richard Harrison. Annotations my own.

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