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2005 Photo Gallery
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Climbing the Chief - 31 July 2005
Photos © Chris Joseph and others
A slideshow of the pictures below
(Quicktime Movie)
Photos from Climb Day (Sunday) and Prep Day (Saturday)
Photos GZ & AB
Onto the second pitch Brad making rapid progress early Sunday morning
On the way up: Chris making an ajustment George (Brad's Dad) steadying the rope
Looking up the first pitch Brad on the first pitch
Brad's first pull of the day Chris checking out the ropes
Sunday morning Sunday morning
Into the rig first thing in the morning Late Saturday: Brad and the crew at the base of The Chief
Getting prepared: Rich checks out the rig The face of The Chief: Brad's route is approximately up the middle of the picture
Brad in the parking lot on Saturday Getting ready in the parking lot
Getting ready in the parking lot Trekkikng in loads to the base
The New Climbing Rig
A design graphic of the new rig by designer Tak Shinyei. There's also a cool animation of the rig being rotated on Tak's site.
Illustration © Tak Shinyei.		 A photograph of the newly-constructed rig. Welded up and ready for powder coating
Photograph © Colin Adamson.
Only 12 pounds of chromolly! Thanks to the hard working people at Dark Cycles! Notice the seating is totally modular, and will be swapped out for something lighter very soon. Better than a Wall Hauler! This Cam is a Petzl Traxion (mini) that has been clamped onto the Cromo tube. Not only does it feed rope better, I can also free the cam at the stations -- saving Chris the hassle