Headed up to Ptarmagain once again with the boys to do some cragging. Deep snow made upward progress tiring but soon enough we made it to the traverse ledge and were off.
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| Carl and Carl skinning to the ridge - by John Giraldo |
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| Amos making the traverse - by Eddie Phay |
With the objective of climbing Carl's Chockstone we rapped into the wall and I started up P3 (if coming up Mixed Inhibitions) to the base of the chockstone. Here we found an enormous snow mushroom had formed under the feature and decided it would be too dangerous to try to climb around it.
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| Me starting up - by Eddie Phay |
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| -by Eddie Phay |
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| Eddie following on the crux section - by John Giraldo |
After rapping back down to the ledge we looked around and Amos decided to give the left "splitter crack" variation(M8) of the Three Headed Bitch a try.
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| Amos, 3 years in the game and still relevant - by John Giraldo |
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| Eddie on record mode - by John Giraldo |
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| Myself, flailing upward - by Eddie Phay |
After the reverse traverse we were back at the skis where we made various downward efforts dependent on our skill level. I could tell the snow was perfect as I slid and tumbled my way to the bottom.
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| The wall I have spent most my winter on - by Eddie Phay |
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| Look at all that snow - by John Giraldo |
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| He joined my in the tumbling effort - by John Giraldo |
If you got time on your hands check out Eddies video. 6 mins in shows the skiers shredding, 7 mins in shows Eddie and I raiding Amos food bag and 27 mins in shows a very pumped John being shown how to top out. Good stuff
Vimeo Spring Day on Ptarmagain
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