Independence Monument: May 2010

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Colorado National Monument at dawn
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Independence Monument standing apart from the cliffs
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Independence Monument
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Ryan at the start of Otto's Route
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View from the base of Otto's Route
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Ryan belaying
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Pitch 2
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Ryan belaying at the top of pitch 1
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View from the top of pitch 2
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Ryan heads up the 4th class tunnel
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Pitch 3, above Lunchbox Ledge
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4th and final pitch to the overhang
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Ryan at the base of pitch 4
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Ryan arrives exhausted at the ledge below the summit
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Summit of Independence Monument
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Ryan on the two-rope rappel from the summit
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One rope rappel down pitch 2
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Another double rope rappel down the first pitch
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Independence Monument