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Peak Mountain 3

No Mistake

FA Paul Cormier, Rob Hetzler 1989
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Description

The Handren guide has this sharing the first 50 feet with Thin Air.  If you want to keep the difficulty more consistent, there is now a line of bolts slightly left of Thin Air that meet up with the second part of this route.  The bolts are mostly standard bolts and hangers, but the first bolt has an interesting homemade hanger.  It seemed perfectly fine, though.So, either start at the bolt line slightly left of Thin Air (maybe 5.9?) or at the Thin Air starting crack (this start has no bolts, bring gear).  When you reach the left arching crack, use the scoops to move up and right of the Thin Air line, clipping a couple of bolts as you go.  Now, trend left onto and up the arete.  I would consider this the crux.  Finish by making a beeline for the Thin Air anchor.   *note: the bolts to the left of the Thin Air start are not in the photos in the Handren guide.  I would guess they were added after to give No Mistake it's own start.  If anyone knows the details, feel free to add.

Location

If you want to use the bolt line, it starts just left of the Thin Air crack.  If you want to do the route as described in the Handren guide, use the same start as Thin Air for the first 50 feet, but bring gear as this makes the first 50 feet a trad line.

Protection

If using the Thin Air start, it's a mixed route with the first 50 feet being a trad line. If using the bolt line that starts left, you might still want to bring a piece for the left arching crack. The crux is well bolted. Anchors are also bolted.


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