Aron & I cruised this arete on 8/6. Lots of fun but better with 2 hands.

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Aron & I cruised this arete on 8/6. Lots of fun but better with 2 hands.

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3rd pitch beauty

Getting down from Lumpe Tower and Tower One.
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Malcolm Daly

Aug 12, 2003

“Aron & I cruised this arete on 8/6. Lots of fun but better with 2 hands.”

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Aron & I cruised this arete on 8/6. Lots of fun but better with 2 hands.

Getting down from Lumpe Tower and Tower One.
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Upper Lumpe Tower and Tower One on Redgarden Wall.

Kasi Strong cleaning up the exposed arete on the last pitch of the Yellow Spur. Summer 2014.

Tom on the spur's dramatic last pitch.

On the Yellow Spur-photo by Paul Rey

The loose block near the top of P4, just below the pin-ladder. Early morning on 4/24/19, with the help of Mike McHugh and volunteers from ACE, we safely trundled this block and now there is a clean scar from where it once was.

Looking down from the "small, exposed belay ledge" before the crux bolt ladder pitch.

Eldorado Sunset. Climb this route in the evening for an unparalleled view!

Brooke climbing the third pitch dihedral in excellent form.

Yellow Spur.

Sorry, butt this one seemed cool to me. Enjoy this climb!

Beta sketch by Danny Gilbert of the gear placements we had on our speed record.

Tom on the spur's dramatic last pitch.

All of P4 (long dihedral).

Tom Cosgriff on the 5th pitch around 1977.

More on getting down from Lumpe Tower and Tower One.
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Climbers on the upper two pitches of the Yellow Spur. The climber on the lower right is on the crux bolt ladder. Photo taken from the top of Handcracker on 6/15/03.

Unnamed climber finishing the traverse at the top of Pitch 1.

George Lowe sending the run-out last pitch of Yellow Spur at 75 years old. So inspiring!

Jerome leading the crux 6th pitch, 8/30/06.

East Slab Descent of Redgarden Wall. One common variation. Fourth and low fifth class. No fixed anchors.
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Pete Traversing the top of T1 after climbing the classic Yellow Spur on our way to the Vertigo raps.

The Yellow Spur as seen from the top of Long John Wall (West Ridge) on a late afternoon in February.

No, I didn't take this off a motivational poster. Two climbers enjoying a beautiful day.

Mark Sargent pulling the roof pitch 1, Yellow Spur.

This is the trick for avoiding rope drag on P4. As you turn the corner from one dihedral to the next, there is a #3- below the #3 is this rope-grabbing notch. This is a #7 or #8 aluminum offset that I tugged on to set *upwards*, then clipped to the #3.

Above the pins and bolts.

The summit!

Fifth pitch.

Best summit In Eldo.

Yellow Spur P1, with crack/seam "6 feet left of regular start".

Anthony Yenason on the fourth pitch dihedral of Yellow Spur.

Neil topping out on the Yellow Spur.

Jon Oulton on the pin ladder (P5).
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PC: Danny Gilbert.

Keo finishing up P2.

Me getting friendly with the arete on the last pitch.

Topping out....

3rd pitch, I think?

Unknown climber claiming victory over Yellow Spur - 4/10/14.

Soloist on Yellow Spur.

Marga Powell stretching to clip the pin near the start of the first pitch.

The ramp downclimb from the summit of Yellow Spur to reach the Dirty Deed rappels.

Yellow Spur P1 bulge

Jerome and Peter hanging out 8/30/06.

I love this route!!!!

Chris Carithers tops out on Yellow Spur. Photo: Mike Morley.

Pulling the overhang on the first pitch.

Leading the top 5.10a crux on the Yellow Spur after the classic 5.9 pin ladder.

Dave leading the traverse.

Adam pulling the crux on pitch 1!

An unknown climber starting the 5.10a face on P6.

Mark Pierson nears the P4 belay. Nov 4, 2006. Photo by John Fernandez.

Suzanne Shroader nearing the top.

Ryan on the traverse. Summer 2010.

Pulling the roof P1 of the Yellow Spur

The dihedral on The Yellow Spur.

Great stemming corner on pitch 4 below the huge roof.

Roof on P1 of Yellow Spur.

3rd pitch beauty