Getting up on Petered Out

Getting up on Petered Out

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One of the best days

This is the photographic story of my ascent of Big Rock Candy Mountain via Petered Out, a 6-pitch 5.9 climb, and one of the most amazing things I've ever done.

Images follow the pitches

See the main page for ascent lines.  

P1
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Ascending P1.




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Topping out on P2.
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Me at the base of the Gumdrop Spire, P4.
























Looking up at P3.
Looking up at P3.






















Me leading P6.
Me leading P6.
























A sea of runout granite face.
A sea of runout granite face.





































Summit area, top of P6.
Summit area, top of P6.

























Top of the technical pitches.
Top of the technical pitches.









Tick dome from the summit of Big Rock Candy Mountain.
Tick dome from the summit of Big Rock Candy Mountain






















Tick dome from the summit of Big Rock Candy Mountain.
Tick dome from the summit of Big Rock Candy Mountain.










Hero shot on the summit.
Hero shot on the summit.




Summit block pano courtesy Doug Shaw.
Summit block pano courtesy Doug Shaw.





































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