Last Week At Shortoff

Tom, Jack, and I went back to Shortoff Mountain for a day of climbing last week. We jumped on a climb called Construction Job. It turned out to be a good bit more difficult than we expected based on the rating compared to other climbs in the area. We all managed to get up the climb, though.

Here I am up on the first pitch.

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The colors across the gorge were really something.

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Jack Led the second pitch.

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We saved the last pitch for Tom. It started off with a pretty tricky technical move followed by about eighty feet of pretty sustained overhanging rock. Whew – my arms are tired just remembering it.

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