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Peak Mountain 3

Arachnid Traction

FA Tom Rosecrans, Dave Szot, and Dennis Luther, 5/28/84
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Description

Of all the routes on the Creature Wall, this one sees the most traffic.

On the left side of the cliff are two parallel cracks that diagonally split the upper portion of the cliff. Arachnid Traction starts on the face below the cracks in front of a large, nice birch tree and finishes in the right hand crack to the summit.

Begin by climbing up the face using the obvious crack system until the first opportunity to step right arises.

Step right on some balancy terrain, and jam the right of the two classic handcracks. This crack is about 20 feet long and is rather sustained. It also presents very little in the way of rests for the climber, so rest up before beginning this final, cruxy section.

Surmount the crack and climb up over a final, small bulge to the trees where a tree anchor can be built. (Presently, there exists some old webbing and a rap ring.)

Location

The left side of the cliff. Arachnid Traction climbs the right-hand crack.

Protection

A standard rack to a #3 Camalot. Include a couple extra yellow, red, and green Camalots for the crux.