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| Selecting gear for the climb |
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| Looking east towards El Capitan |
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| The route |
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| Dan sorting gear in Currry Village |
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| Alex and Dan |
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| Dan huddles to stay warm and keep the mosquitoes away before starting the first pitch of The Freeblast |
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| Getting ready to lead the first pitch |
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| Looking down from the top of the first pitch. Despite our early start we get passed on pitch 1! |
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| Dan cleans the pitch as the other party's second climbs through |
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| Alex leading pitch 4 |
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| Dan near the top of pitch 5 |
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| Dan reaches the top of pitch 6. El Cap meadow is visible behind him |
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| Middle Cathedral |
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| Dan at the top of the Half Dollar pitch, pitch 8 |
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| Dan leads the overgrown pitch 9 |
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| Dan leads the overgrown pitch 9 |
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| Dan cleaning pitch 10, the pitch leading up to Mammoth Terraces |
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| Dan rapels from Mammoth Terraces down to Heart Ledges |
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| Getting ready to set out from the ledge on top of Little John, one pitch off the ground |
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| Dan jugs the first fixed line of the day |
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| Dan at the top of the second fixed line with the haul bag |
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| Dan leads pitch 12, the first pitch off Heart Ledges |
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| Alex at the top of the Hollow Flake at the right end of Hollow Flake Ledge |
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| Dan on Hollow Flake Ledge |
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