HITCH n HIKE > PHOTO GALLERY > Rich Connors & Chris Dainton: Climbing the West Face of Leaning Tower: 5.7 C2F, 1100ft overhanging all the way. 09/2006.

Looking down onto the Ahwahnee Ledge, our accommodation for the night (named after the big expensive hotel in Yosemite valley). Photo: Rich Connors 09/2006 Enlarge. Rich Connors on the day 2 “breakfast jug” back up the two pitches we fixed above the ledge at the end of day 1. Photo: Chris Dainton 09/2006 Enlarge. Rich Connors (self portrate) at the top of pitch 6, with Chris below jugging up (you can see the ledge on the top right too). Photo: Rich Connors 09/2006 Enlarge. This photo was taken from the end of the really steep bit of pitch 8 looking back down to Chris on the belay, and the floor way below. Photo: Rich Connors 09/2006 Enlarge.