Here is Gary at 18,500' at the base of the West Face, as we stalled out -- trying to forgo the advance basecamp -- and do a one-day blast from 14,000.'
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Hock on the 5.7 "Razor" Pitch
Selden and Gary getting ready to frame the cabin
Fossils on Ishinca (18,500')
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- Blast from the past: south face of the column
- Memories of Michael
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- Gary in Peru
- Air fares are low, book that flight
- Jon to write movie reviews
- Pre-Christmas Fossil Trip
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Hock's best. What were your Five biggest and best routes?
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- Sentinel Rouge on Mount Blanc
- Black Dike on Cannon
Hock's handful of could have, would have, wished I had, and still hope to do routes!
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Selden and Gary getting ready to frame the cabin
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Fossils on Ishinca (18,500')