Tuolumne Meadows
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Half Dome from Olmstead Point
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Half Dome
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Thunderheads building up
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The Ahwahnee Hotel, Yosemite
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El Capitan
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Bridal Veil Fall and Leaning Tower
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Cathedral Rocks and Leaning Tower
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The classic view of the Valley
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Reed's Pinnacle
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The rack for the South Face of Watkins
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"Do we really need this big stuff?"
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The walk-in up Tenaya Canyon
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Mt Watkins reflected in Mirror Lake, Yosemite
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Looking back at Washington Column, North Dome and Basket Dome
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The South Face of Watkins
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The upper pitches - the top-out is just left of the roof
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No fixed ropes this year...
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Filling water bottles below the approach pitches
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Comfortable bivy ledge below the wall
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Dark clouds above the face
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Light rain so we broke out the bivy sack while we ate dinner
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Better weather for fixing the first 3 pitches the next day
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