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| | In 1995, as a fresh graduate of MITOC, it was in the Cirque of the Towers in the Wind River range of Wyoming, with my sister Rosalind, where I first applied my East-coast alpine skills back "home" in the West. |
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| | with my climbing buddy Bryan. |
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| | Part of the magic of the Winds is their isolation. Access usually includes a long drive on logging roads followed by a considerable hike ... |
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| | into the alpine. |
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| | It's an amazing place for long backpacking routes. |
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| | The Winds seem like an endless juxtaposition of Baffin Island-ish rock faces, ... |
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| | sweeping green valleys, ... |
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| | Jackass Pass is the gateway to the Cirque of the Towers. |
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| | Seven of Steck and Roper's "50 Classic Climbs of North America" are in Wyoming. Two are in the Cirque. |
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| | It's advisable to learn the way down from Pingora, in the light, before needing to do it late in the day. We watched a party spend an epic night, instead of an hour's descent. |
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| | Belaying a leader using half-rope technique is intricate. There's no one I'll ever prefer to have belaying me! |
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