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Peak Mountain 3

Crack In The Box

FA Sam Slater and Mark Bourque, Summer 1979
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Description

Follow the finger and hand crack splitting the right wall of the chimney. The crux is the first 15 feet. Then you can put your back against the opposite wall, find footholds outside the crack, or even climb the slab next to the crack. At the broken roof, trend right to a small ledge  Belay here (45') or continue past a horizontal, then climb up more cracks and into a slot that leads to a large tree (95' total). For a better finish, climb out of the slot right, then over a bulge to the tree.

Location

It's the crack in the boxy chimney, obviously.

Protection

Cams to 3/16" to 2". Double up on fingers. The bottom fingers part is rattly and uneven, so work to get solid placements.