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Had a fun trip climbing the North Ridge of Mt. Conness.
We left camp early and had reached the ridge before sunrise. After traversing the lower portion of the ridge, the climb begins as the ridge narrows with fun 4th class climbing up an arete on the first tower.
We traversed out onto the airy North Face past the top of the first tower. The exposure of the North face gets your attention in this section.
We kept a good pace simul-climbing the second tower. The descent from the second tower consisted of two rappels and a short chimney downclimb.
The final climb up the North Ridge was about five pitches of excellent quality fourth and fifth class climbing. Several portions of the route take you directly onto the knife edge ridge, where you climb hand over hand up the ridge while looking down the 1000+ foot vertical North Face.
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