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Peak Mountain 3

Laser Crack

FA Drew Spaulding, Dan Hacket, Ty Hydrusko, Jed Workman-1996
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Description

The Laser Crack is a wild, fairly straight forward route with a bit of clean aid, a few loose spots, but overall great climbing. Equipped and exciting!

Pitch 1-Starts in an obvious right-facing chocolate corner starting with thin hands(5.9)up to an offwidth to hands section(5.10a, #4 camalot)to the 2-bolt anchor(90')

Pitch 2-Traverse leftward on a dusty ledge past 1 protection bolt and into the Laser crack. A searing, rightward leaning splitter that tapers from hand to fingers in 60'. Free until you can't, then aid on perfect cams(2"-1/2") in perfect rock for 10-15' then pull up under a 2 foot roof.

Traverse under the roof rightward for 12' until you climb up the dihedral to gain the great ledge above with a 2-bolt anchor.(130')

Pitch 3-Climb up past 1 bolt and a fixed knife blade(5.11) and continue up the beautifully thin(5.10c) ramping corner to it's very end at a ledge(140')

Pitch 4-Traverse 15' leftward and up a short left-facing corner and up to the main ledge above.(5.9-60') ....solo to the top.

Protection

thin to wide...


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