Yesterday, we had a fine traverse of Crystal Crag, the monolith that towers over the Mammoth Lakes basin and offers fine, moderate, multi pitch rock climbing with an exciting alpine ridge traverse. The group consisted of Clark Harding – a writer for Outtraveler online travel magazine and Hollywood visual effects technician, and Lara Kaylor – a Mammoth local writer and media specialist for visitmammoth.com.
Thanks to both Clark and Lara for being excellent climbing partners and for a fantastic day out in the high country. Hope to do it again soon! Here are some photos from the day…
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- Clark and Crystal Crag
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- the approach
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- The team looking fresh in the technical pitches
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- Lara climbs the Crag
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- Clark looking hardcore
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- Almost done with the technical pitches
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- Ridge rodeo
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- High and wild
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- Just past the summit.
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- Lara peeks out from her hole.
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- Foot maintenance?
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- Crystal Crag, the technical start and the white crystalline quartz section near the top that gives the formation its moniker.