Climbing the Great Pyramid

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Climbing the Great Pyramid

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Does anyone else agree this type of climbing seems much like our 14'er, Pyramid Peak?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6X-1ShM8uA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Climbing the Great Pyramid

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We were not allowed to go that high. :(

But that first step was big!
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SoCool wrote:Does anyone else agree this type of climbing seems much like our 14'er, Pyramid Peak?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6X-1ShM8uA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The major difference is that our Pyramid is legal to climb.
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Re: Climbing the Great Pyramid

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koeffling wrote:We were not allowed to go that high.
Neither was he.

So, more like Culebra.
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Re: Climbing the Great Pyramid

Post by mountaingoat-G »

wow, the air is super hazy in the background....
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I got summit of' The Pyramid of the Sun' down in Mexico (steep)--- nice view though!!
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