Yosemite National Park,
CA
Nutcracker 5.8 |
October 31, 2004 Melanie Rives and Brian Biega
climbed the Nutcracker on the Manure Pile Buttress.
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Yosemite Valley w/El Capitan & Half Dome |
Above: Original start to the Nutcracker.
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Right: Thumbs up after pulling the mantle |
Left: Pitch 4
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Right: Melanie
make her way up the featured face |
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Left: Velley
View with the Royal Arches and top of Half Dome in the background |
Right: Melanie
pulling the last move |
Below: Screem'n doggies!
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Below: Sentinal Rock
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Above: Melanie playing in the wind |
Above: Brian & Melanie enjoying the evening light |
Below:
Starting the descent
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Below:
Is this the right way?
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Above: Horsetail Falls, El Capitan |
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Left: Sunset on
El Capitan's West Face |