Spring is here and the lower Pipestone forest is drying out nicely. We headed out on Sunday to return to a few projects in the Desert and Northern Desert that Odenbeck and Ari had in mind.
We first warmed up on the NW Ridge of the Desert, starting out on Shrub Kill and the Bread-loaf Cracks. Seems Shrub Kill is cleaning up a bit more, and is climbing a bit harder as well.
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| Shrub Kill - Desert |
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| Shrub Kill - Desert |
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| Shrub Kill - Desert |
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| Shrub Kill - Desert |
We then headed down to the Outback Boulder where Odenbeck established Marsupial - an excellent new addition to the Desert.
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Marsupial - Outback Boulder - Desert
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| Marsupial - Outback Boulder - Desert |
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| Marsupial - Outback Boulder - Desert |
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| Marsupial - Outback Boulder - Desert |
We decided to stay on the eastern edges and headed into the Northern Desert towards the compression prow project when we happened upon the A-Cup Boulder. A nice session in the sun followed, yielding 9 new problems.
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| Multiple Targets - A-Cup Boulder - Northern Desert |
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| Multiple Targets - A-Cup Boulder - Northern Desert |
We then returned to the compression prow project in the N Desert. Ari had pieced this together a couple weeks back, and he came through with a quick send and the FA of Decompression Sickness. Nice work Ari!
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| Decompression Sickness - Northern Desert |
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| Decompression Sickness - Northern Desert |
Feeling the afternoon coming down hard, we decided to scrub a few new problems and relax in the sun. A nice lowball saucer was started on, and a number of others scoped. The missions continue...
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| Long saucer traverse project - Northern Desert |
Cheers,
TK
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