Tiny hand/foot holds chisled in the sandstone wall enabled further progress photo

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15-MAR-2007	Dave Beedon

Tiny hand/foot holds chisled in the sandstone wall enabled further progress

Southeast Poison Spider Mesa (near Moab, Utah)

A pour-off about eight feet (2.4m) tall threatened to force me to turn around. But I noticed that
someone had chiseled tiny hand/foot holds in the sandstone. They were just barely adequate to allow me
to get to the top of the circled section. Getting from there to the site of this photo (atop the
pour-off) was not much easier: meager hand holds and narrow foot holds made for a sweat-inducing traverse.

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Nikon D80 ,Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5D AF
1/125s f/5.6 at 28.0mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium large auto

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1moremile		01-Jun-2007 00:07
That's for cheaters and ne'er do wells. I'd be ashamed if knew you utilized those.

Monte Dodge		22-May-2007 17:53
I know the felling!!! Great shot and story!!!! Vote

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