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Evan Watts photo of this incredible pillar. It feels a little more committing compared to the average WI5 - since you are many rappels away from the bottom of the gully. We also had overnight temps of -10 coming up - gave everything a serious flavor!
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Nearly home free, with a belay from K.Hirst. One can see the large evergreen to the right of the climb which IIRC, I belayed/rapped from. Be sure to place a screw for the second before traversing right...
The Pillar of Pain
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“Evan Watts photo of this incredible pillar. It feels a little more committing compared to the average WI5 - since you are many rappels away from the bottom of the gully. We also had overnight temps of -10 coming up - gave everything a serious flavor!”  

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The Three Amigos, on one of the last short steps above Moonrise, before traversing East into the Pillar Of Pain drainage (located above High on Boulder)
Nearly home free, with a belay from K.Hirst. One can see the large evergreen to the right of the climb which IIRC, I belayed/rapped from. Be sure to place a screw for the second before traversing right...
Evan Watts photo of this incredible pillar. It feels a little more committing compared to the average WI5 - since you are many rappels away from the bottom of the gully. We also had overnight temps of -10 coming up - gave everything a serious flavor!
The Pillar of Pain
The pillar in great shape 1/25/21
A photostitched view of the unformed pillar on the way to Pillar Of Pain, featuring clipinmt's standing on the incipient cone for scale.
Ace, K. Hirst and myself in the drainage above Moonrise, seeking to gain enough elevation to traverse East into the Pillar Of Pain
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