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			<description><![CDATA[Relaxed mixed climbing lead into a snow couloir that dead-ended in a steep wall. Here, Peter worked on his tan as Gilmore led several sustained pitches up a vertical mixed chimney.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Purists may well point out that because we did not reach the summit of the Fin, our climb was an attempt, not a new route. I won't argue with that position -- but irregardless of whether we succeeded or failed, I left the Yentna with a new respect for the Alaskan wilderness.]]></description>
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			<media:description><![CDATA[Purists may well point out that because we did not reach the summit of the Fin, our climb was an attempt, not a new route. I won't argue with that position -- but irregardless of whether we succeeded or failed, I left the Yentna with a new respect for the Alaskan wilderness.]]></media:description>
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			<description><![CDATA[After two "warm-up" climbs, we realized it was time to focus on the main objective. An up-close view of the Fin Wall. Mitigating the considerable objective danger to reach the start of the face was perhaps the biggest challenge of the project.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[The first pitch was a wake-up call.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[The next morning, clear skies tempted us to continue onto the face. We decided to climb without bivy gear, trying instead to summit and descend to our cave at the base of the face in a single long push.]]></description>
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			<media:description><![CDATA[The next morning, clear skies tempted us to continue onto the face. We decided to climb without bivy gear, trying instead to summit and descend to our cave at the base of the face in a single long push.]]></media:description>
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			<description><![CDATA[The North face of Rogue Peak (Doucette-Wilkinson, 2007) and the All Talk Couloir on the Mantok 1 (Doucette-Gilmore-Wilkinson, 2007)]]></description>
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			<media:description><![CDATA[The North face of Rogue Peak (Doucette-Wilkinson, 2007) and the All Talk Couloir on the Mantok 1 (Doucette-Gilmore-Wilkinson, 2007)]]></media:description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Peter cruising up moderate terrain. This was one of only two pitches we belayed on. ]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[We skirted the left edge of the lower icefall, then climbed a snow couloir and dropped back onto the glacier above the obstacle. Another three miles of skiing under seracs led to the concave basin at the start of the wall.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[After several days of rest, packing, and stressing, we began the approach at 5 AM in the morning. ]]></description>
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			<media:description><![CDATA[After several days of rest, packing, and stressing, we began the approach at 5 AM in the morning. ]]></media:description>
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			<description><![CDATA[After Paul landed us on on the Wilderness Boundary, we ferried loads to a basecamp approximately  four miles further. The next day, Peter and I took advantage of the perfect high pressure to bag the first ascent of a 9,700 foot peak we dubbed Rogue Peak. Here Peter finishes the last hundred meters of ridge to the summit. Featured prominently behind him is the Mantok Massif.]]></description>
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