Eagle Lake Cliff
Location Description
47 photos
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Last weekend, Marlin, Dong, Monica and I decided to go...
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The river flowing into Emerald Bay is Eagle Creek, which...
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Eagle Lake Cliff is a vertical if not gently overhanging...
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First up was Flight Simulator (5.11a) a very steep thin...
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TC Pros in action. (The high top climbing shoes designed...
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Dong, working it on the 5.9 slab above Flight Simulator.
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Near the last bolt.
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At the top.
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A 5.10b fists/offwidth crack I meant to try all weekend...
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Monica racked up and ready to go on Saturday afternoon.
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Spacewalk (5.11c) after my (far from clean) lead on...
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We liked this cliff so much that we thought it was worth...
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Dong stepping around the 5.12 direct start to Spacewalk.
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Dong at the bottom of Spacewalk.
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Climbing the fun, easy hand crack section.
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Fun, overhanging hand crack.
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Hard to imagine a more picturesque location for climbing.
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Into the fun offwidth section.
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The other crack is not so easy to see from inside the...
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Getting purchase.
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Moving on up.
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Plotting the next move.
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Hugging the refrigerator.
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Looks a lot easier than it is.
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Monica found old photos where the offwidth / chimney on...
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Not easy.
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Faithful belayers. I didn't have ascenders with me;...
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One of the more challenging parts.
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Inch by inch.
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Trying one technique.
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And then trying a different technique.
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Overhung off-fingers. Fun.
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Liebacking off a very subtle shelf.
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Taking a rest.
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Next part isn't so bad.
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Compare and contrast. I guess they had a pretty wide...
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Double crack.
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Funnest part of the climb for sure.
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Fun moves.
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Nearing the last hard part and on to the scary part.
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The crack starts to narrow to tips above this point.
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Starting the "space walk". I'm a little slow so the name...
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Dong opts for the direct finish, supposedly a 5.12...
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Using a heel hook to get up on the ledge.
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Making the traverse.
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Done!
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Courtesy of Marlin: Dong lifted from one of my photos...