Flaking before starting "The Boulder Problem".

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Flaking before starting "The Boulder Problem".

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Near the first pitch of the Beckey Route. June 2012

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Jeremiah Melson

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“Flaking before starting "The Boulder Problem".”

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Expect at least this many people on sunny summer weekends after the snow is gone.

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Nick on pitch 2

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Near the first pitch of the Beckey Route. June 2012

Flaking before starting "The Boulder Problem".

Winter conditions

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Scouting the next moves after coming out of the short, awkward chimney at start of pitch 2.

On the 2nd Chimney pitch.

Winnie on the start of pitch 2

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Unknown climber on the Beckey Route making their way across the finger traverse.

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