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Drove 5 hours back to Utah tis last weekend to sample some more of the fine limestone outside St. George. The rock is immaculate, all the holds natural.

 

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The first day we went to The Cathedral, a huge cave with two full arches. West facing, it stays shady until 7PM!

 

Patsy Cline the dreadlock Dog, holdin' down the tarp for us:

 

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The climbing is mostly 5.12 to 5.13 range, with some great .11's and a few .10's. It is steep, techy and pumpy - classic limestone.

 

On the long rests between burns, I found a natural bonsai and did a rock garden around it, Rodman did creative rock stacking.

 

We burned a couple of .12a's on Sunday, but were pretty trashed from Saturday. Day-on, day-off is the way to go here. Next trip will be 3 days.

 

I snapped this from the Wailing Wall:

 

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Old Dogs get special priviledges:

 

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Shot this panorama on the way out Sunday:

 

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Big Panorama

 

Th cliff is about 1/2 mile long, many of the walls have quality routes stacked!

 

Erik-in-limestone-heaven :moondance:

 

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