
Today I went
clockwise
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Context
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Heading WNW to S Macks.
There is loose gully
behind the diagonal ledge
of trees.
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View to N Macks,
from below summit
of S Macks
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McFarland to WSW
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3rd Peaklet as
one heads N from
S Macks
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The last lump
(middle) before
one heads W to
find cut through cliffs
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I saw 2 people,
the Harts, on N Macks
but never caught up
to them..
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Now I've broken
through the cliff, band
and follow a shelf
ESE, soon I will cut L...
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...and descend this chute,
and again walk a short ways
and descend to lower
cliff band. There was an
old handline at descent point
(which I did not use)
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View NE, my route.
I picked a slightly harder
but more competent rock
and ascended the 1st ridge
pinnacle on the L (BW
recommends R, light blue)
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This is peaklet
at top of dark blue line
in previous photo. I
didn't read the HLV
instructions before I
went.
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This peaklet was not
visible in previous route
photo. BW instructs
a climb-off to L before
this pinnacle. Not knowing
any better, I climbed over it.
(N Macks is behind pinnacle,
and has one loose class 4.)
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Now I'm on that last
pinnacle, looking SW.
There is a sort-of
easy climb-off to N
of last pinnacle, then
I climbed up class 4
gully of N Macks.
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Now I'm on N Macks,
view to Charleston (L)
and S Macks (R)
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McFarland in distance
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Heading down NE
from N Macks summit,
I'll go over very
steep slabs and turn L
just before little
peaklet.
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This shortcut was not
good.
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