Grand Teton North Ridge

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Grand Teton North Ridge

Grand Teton North Ridge

Mike on the upper end of the Second Ledge of the North Face of the Grand Teton. The route continues up the ridge for about 4 more pitches after reaching the 2nd Ledge. To quote Ortenburger, "this route is better described as the intersection of two high-angle faces than as a ridge." August, 1978 (photo by Bob Boyles)
reboyles
on Jul 24, 2013 5:21 pm
Lat/Lon: 43.74077°N / 110.80224°W
Image Type(s): Rock Climbing,  Ice Climbing,  Alpine Climbing,  Hiking
Image ID: 858150

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PAROFES

PAROFES - Jul 26, 2013 7:33 am - Voted 10/10

Super back in the day shot!

Especially with that mustache ahahahah..

reboyles

reboyles - Jul 26, 2013 11:40 am - Hasn't voted

Attire

Let's see here, Mike is wearing a Woolrich jacket, wool knickers, wool socks, Fabiano kletter shoes and is racked with original Chouinard hexes and stoppers. As for the Tony Orlando stash, I told him what my pilot buddy Charlie always used to say, "why cultivate on your face what grows wild on my ..."

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