My Gym-bro brother has been getting his cardio up a slight bit and convinced himself he wanted to go into the alpine. Wanting some easy type-1 fun, I suggested the Fang and the Tooth. We had a leisurely morning, making waffles and such before heading out the door at 11:30. We were walking by 12:30. Made the nice decision to only carry one follower pack and I figured I’d get some training weight by carrying it for the hiking. Edge of time was quite fun with some awesome exposure but holds were a little less trusting than expected. We managed to link it up into 4 pitches. We moved over to the tooth fairy with a slightly sketchy rappel off the fang. A 70 meter wouldve been better for it. My brother showed his lack of off-trail travel abilities during the little jaunt between routes. We climbed the tooth fairy in 3 lovely pitches before simul-down-soloing the south face of the tooth. Our original plan was to solo back up it but that felt silly. We made it to the car just after sunset. Nice to have him to ropegun me, though I could’ve led the crux pitches too. Ingrown toenail had me wearing approach shoes the whole day.
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