Back in October my friend and former Flagstaff local Ken Etzel rolled through town to shoot photos of my friends and I climbing on the Mega roof circuit surrounding Flagstaff. We embarked on 5 days of Horizontal Madness, climbing in all the rarely visited and newly developed limestone zones, repeating classics and establishing several new lines at Choss and Widowmaker Roof. It was great revisiting roofs seldom climbed at, and a good test of skill and nerve to repeat some of the bold lines at Renegade, Blimp and Widowmaker Roof. Several of the best lines are extremely intimidating due to the height, requiring a mini free solo to complete the route. The photos give insight to climbs that captivated me for a while and will hopefully inspire a few motivated climbers to seek them out. Here's some shots that didn't make it into Rock and Ice's article, Raising Arizona. Thanks Ken for all letting us share these great photos, check out more of his work at http://instagram.com/ken_etzel and http://kenetzel.tumblr.com
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| First Ascent of The Bitchmaker |
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| Meatwrapping the jug side pull |
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| Sam airing it out on the Second Ascent |
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| Escaping unscathed from The Widowmaker |
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| Egg Powered Laser Beam-Renegade Roof |
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| EPLB-Renegade |
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| Blimp Roof |
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| Small crimps on the topout of Centex- Blimp Roof |
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| BVB Roof |
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| Sunrise at BVB Roof |
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| Sam-BVB Roof |
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| Thomas -BVB Roof |
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| Angmar-Choss Roof |
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| Angmar-Choss Roof |
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| Sam on Battle of The Blobs-Choss Roof |
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| Spider Pocket-Choss Roof |
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| Danny feet first on Flat Black-Priest Draw |
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| Casey works through the belly of Choss Roof |
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| Dustin reaching for double toe hooks on Pasty Gangster-Priest Draw Spotted by Adrianne |
