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Outer Space 5.9 Grade III

Stacy, Bill, and I climbed Outer Space 5.9, 6 pitches We ran out of water and were quite dehydrated by the end, but it was an awesome climb. 26 photos
July 1, 2017
Looking back down the pass on our way up to Snow Creek Wall
1 Jul 2017 - 07:46
Bill trucking along on our early morning approach
1 Jul 2017 - 07:49
Snow Creek Wall, our objective
1 Jul 2017 - 08:07

Outer Space (5.9) goes up pretty much the center of the wall.
Bill scrambling up the boulder field to the base of Snow Creek Wall
1 Jul 2017 - 08:35
Stacy traversing across some slab on pitch 4
1 Jul 2017 - 14:53
Stacy on pitch 4
1 Jul 2017 - 14:55
A nice view at the top of pitch 5
1 Jul 2017 - 16:19
Looking down pitch 5
1 Jul 2017 - 16:23
Stacy coming up pitch 5
1 Jul 2017 - 16:37

This is the money pitch, a sustained 150' 5.7 splitter crack
Stacy coming up pitch 5
1 Jul 2017 - 16:40

This is the money pitch, a sustained 150' 5.7 splitter crack
Stacy coming up pitch 5
1 Jul 2017 - 16:43

This is the money pitch, a sustained 150' 5.7 splitter crack
Stacy coming up pitch 5
1 Jul 2017 - 16:44

This is the money pitch, a sustained 150' 5.7 splitter crack
Bill coming up pitch 5
1 Jul 2017 - 16:53

This is the money pitch, a sustained 150' 5.7 splitter crack
Bill coming up pitch 5
1 Jul 2017 - 16:54

This is the money pitch, a sustained 150' 5.7 splitter crack
Bill leading pitch 6
1 Jul 2017 - 17:08

It starts with an exposed cruxy boulder problem (5.8): an awkward finger lock, to another awkward finger lock, then pull hard and go up
Stacy chillin with my at the belay while Bill leads pitch 6
1 Jul 2017 - 17:20
Belay ledge selfie while Bill leads the 6th pitch
1 Jul 2017 - 17:46
Stacy pulling out over the exposure to work on the boulder problem that starts the pitch
1 Jul 2017 - 17:50
Stacy cruising past the crux on pitch 6
1 Jul 2017 - 18:08
Summit goats greeting us as we top out
1 Jul 2017 - 18:52
Belaying Stacy and Bill to the top
1 Jul 2017 - 18:54
Summit selfie!
1 Jul 2017 - 19:11
Topout!
1 Jul 2017 - 19:14
Summit dance
1 Jul 2017 - 19:14
The walk off from Outer Space kinda sucks
1 Jul 2017 - 19:57
We were very very thirsty
1 Jul 2017 - 22:03

We stopped at a gas station and bought a lot of Gatorade.