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Tres Amigos in the road at Poko

Freedom Flight: John high on the third pitch of Freedom Flight

Freedom Flight: John high on the third pitch of Freedom Flight

Goats Foot: Jim low down on Goats Foot, Poko (Copyright © Tad Welch)

Goats Foot: Close-up of Jim leading Goats Foot, Poko

Goats Foot: Jim leading Goats Foot, Poko

Goats Foot Left: Chris and Joe attempting a line left of Goat's Foot

Hidden Pique: Jim high in the Hidden Pique corner, Poko (Copyright © Simeon Warner)

Bushido: Thin steep ice on Bushido, Poko

Midlife Crisis: Joe leading the final column on Midlife Crisis during the second ground-up ascent

Waterfall: Will leading the Poko Waterfall in lean conditions

Positive Thinking: Positive Thinking, as seen from the road in fat conditions (Copyright © Simeon Warner)

Positive Thinking: Jim starting the first pitch of Positive Thinking, Poko

Positive Thinking: Jim high up in the hand crack of Positive Thinking, first pitch

Positive Thinking: Close-up of Jim high up in the hand crack of Positive Thinking, first pitch

Positive Thinking: Simon leading the second pitch of Positive Thinking, Poko

Run for your Life: Simeon leading on the upper tier of Poko

Bushido: John at the base of the Poko Waterfall

Joe with refreshments at the base of Cirrhosis

Son of Slime: Making the traverse on the first pitch of Son of Slime

Son of Slime: Close-up of Jim making the traverse on Son of Slime

Positive Thinking: Ade leading the first pitch of Positive Thinking in fat conditions

Positive Thinking: Ade leading the first pitch of Positive Thinking in fat conditions

Positive Thinking: Dave soloing the lower section of PT in fat conditions

Midlife Crisis: Leading the top column of Midlife Crisis in cold, brittle conditions (Copyright © Ade Miller)

Midlife Crisis: Leading the top column of Midlife Crisis in cold, brittle conditions (Copyright © Ade Miller)

Midlife Crisis: Leading the top crux column of Midlife Crisis in cold, brittle conditions (Copyright © Ade Miller)

Positive Thinking: Leading the third pitch of PT in thin conditions (Copyright © Ade Miller)

Positive Thinking: Positive thinking from the road; fat conditions

Positive Thinking: Simeon leading the second pitch

Stingray: Stingray, shown using the first pitch of PT

Waterfall: Tommy leading an ambitious line on the Waterfall with Katherine Snead

Waterfall: Tommy leading an ambitious line on the Waterfall with Katherine Snead

Legends contemplate the remaining work on the new routes near Pilgrim's Progress

Lori with her bandage

Legends at the base of Poko

Lori taped and ready to go

Pilgrim's Progress: Jim at the start of the second pitch (yes, those are bolts next to the crack; what you can't see is that the crack is really the left edge of an enormous arrowhead-shaped detached block)

Ancient of Days: Dennis halfway through the overhangs on the last pitch

Ancient of Days: Getting ready to pull through the exit moves on the last pitch

Ancient of Days: Just below the notch that breaks through the overhangs on the last pitch

Ancient of Days: Pulling through the final overhangs

Ancient of Days: About to pull through the final overhangs

Casual Observer: The death of my Nikon 28TI

Morning Star: Straining to pull the final layback move on Morning Star (Copyright © Dennis Luther)

Morning Star: The final pitch of Morning Star climbs a steep face to a layback finish around a bulge (Copyright © Dennis Luther)

Morning Star: Cleaning a nut on the second pitch (Copyright © Dennis Luther)

Thunderhead: Bones works his way out the roof on the second pitch

Thunderhead: Bones climbs through the crux on the second pitch; this picture was taken just prior to falling

Quitting early to help polish off one very large beer

Fastest Gun: At the top of the off-width section on the first pitch

Pilgrim's Progress: Jeremy follows the first pitch (5.10a) of Pilgrim's Progress

Moonshine: Joe places protection in a small cave before moving out onto crappy unconsolidated ice

Moonshine: A few tenuous moves get around the cave

Moonshine: Joe climbs the steeper ice; the crux is just above

Moonshine: Michelle casually follows Moonshine

Positive Thinking: A climber on the first pitch of Positive Thinking in super fat conditions