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Slideshow (21 photos)

Black Dike: The Black Dike (Copyright © Ade Miller)

Black Dike: Climbers Meet the Fuck Man

Whitney-Gilman: Jim on the Whitney-Gilman in 1986

Whitney-Gilman: Tracy on the Whitney-Gilman in 1986

Black Dike: The Black Dike in early season

Moby Grape: Bones follows the last pitch of Moby Grape; this finish climbs corners left of the standard finish

Black Dike: Jim, just after the rock traverse on the Black Dike

Bennedictus Direct: Pulling the monster roof on the 5th pitch (Copyright © David Le Pagne)

Bennedictus Direct: Climbing the slab below the overlap on the 5th pitch (Copyright © David Le Pagne)

Bennedictus Direct: Nabbing the jug in the roof on the 5th pitch (Copyright © David Le Pagne)

Bennedictus Direct: Approaching the overlap on the 5th pitch (Copyright © David Le Pagne)

Bennedictus Direct: Bones at the crux of the first pitch; from here, the route continues [climber's] left on an unprotected 5.8 face

Bennedictus Direct: Bones runs it out on the thin 5.9 traverse on the 4th pitch

Bennedictus Direct: At the end of the traverse on the 4th pitch, a couple of really hard moves (5.11c) take Bones to overlap. This pitch is a variation to the original route that avoids the 5.11d A3 section.

Bennedictus Direct: Jen and Brian get organized to film climbing on the third pitch of Bennedictus

Bennedictus Direct: Jen jugs the first pitch of Bennedictus to set up for filming the higher pitches

Bennedictus Direct: Jen filming the 3rd pitch

Bennedictus Direct: Jen at the 4th belay on Bennedictus

Closeup of a bolt on Cannon

Panning back, you can see the bolt is in a piece of talus, having fallen from somewhere on Cannon

Bennedictus Direct: At the belay at the start of the 4th pitch, scoping out the pitch ahead (Copyright © Brian Post)

Bennedictus Direct: Following the 4th pitch (Copyright © Brian Post)

Bennedictus Direct: Taking a photo as Will leads the 4th pitch (Copyright © Brian Post)