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Just in case you ever doubt that this route can be crowded. This was taken at about 1 in the afternoon. The climber on the right is rappelling the route (in a party of 4 that included myself), the two on the left are part of a party of 6 that was heading up. There were 6 more folks at the base racking up when we touched down. Yeah, good times....

I thought I would upload this due to the traffic the route is getting. Routefinding is a slight issue. Key Beta:When leaving the 2nd belay, aim straight up for the protruding buttress above.

Here's Larry DeAngelo climbing Frogland on a lazy day out in Red Rock.

The Red Rock escarpment on a beautiful spring day....

This is me leading the crux on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in Black Velvet...photo by Sandra H.

Sandra working through the crux section on the first pitch of Refried Brains....

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Here's the famous 5.11+ roof on Resolution- Larry's just beginning the aid sequence. Just past the lip, it moves back to 5.9 or so....

Here's Paul, from the party behind us, leading up through the Tricky Hand Traverse. I think he and Brett got into a fist fight over who got this lead...makes you wonder about the quality of the belay....

Here's a view of Larry on the traverse from the chimney above. He's more or less at the toughest part, but the entire thing overhangs, so its fairly sustained the whole time you're on it...

This is the second pitch of the route, easily visible from the road- look for this corner (the left wall faces the road), the route starts directly below it in a cave.

The first pitch of Nadia's Nine- it's just about as hard as it looks, I think...this is the crux pitch of the route.

AAI Guide Jason Martin belays as his client pulls the crux moves of Varnishing Point

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Here's Matt (cavitycrew) topping out on Group Therapy. Notice the clouds in the background- we just barely beat the storm that rolled in shortly after we got back to the car. Photo by vegastradguy