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Peak Mountain 3

Little Bruiser

5.8
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Description

Climb the left diagonalling fist/hand crack just left of the offwidth. Not much a wide crack climber but feel Art Messier's rating of 5.8+ to be drastically wrong. Definitely felt more in the 5.5-5.6 range.

Location

Below Lower Middle Earth Cyn on the right looking up the trail.

Protection

Short gear lead, a #4 in the crack will probably be the only piece you need. Gear anchor up top.

Routes in Middle Earth

  1. 1
    Lord of the Rings
    5.10c
    Sport
  2. 2
    Slice and Dice
    5.7
    Trad
  3. 3
    Art of the Pissant
    5.10a
    Sport
  4. 4
    Art Imitates Life
    5.12a
    Sport
  5. 5
    Fangorn Crack
    5.8
    Tr · Trad
  6. 6
    Grandpa's Dihedral
    5.11a
    Tr
  7. 7
    Straight Out of Sitka
    5.10b
    Tr
  8. 8
    Clairemont Calling
    5.10d
    Tr
  9. 9
    Fool's Gold
    5.10a
    Sport
  10. 10
    Nameless to the right of Fools Gold
    5.8
    Tr · Trad
  11. 11
    Rocking the Dalai Lama
    5.11+
    Sport
  12. 12
    Room With A View (aka Helm's Deep)
    5.7
    Trad
  13. 13
    When Good Books Go Bad
    5.11c
    Tr
  14. 14
    Karmic Relief
    5.10a
    Sport
  15. 15
    Glamdring
    5.11a
    Sport
  16. 16
    Caradhras
    5.10a
    Trad
  17. 17
    Orange Sunshine
    5.10d
    Sport
  18. 18
    Merryanne
    5.7+
    Tr
  19. 19
    Risky Business
    5.10a
    Sport · Trad
  20. 20
    Balrog
    5.11
    Tr
  21. 21
    Orc
    5.9
    Trad
  22. 22
    Cirith Ungol
    5.6
    Trad
  23. 23
    Smeagol's Surprise
    5.6
    Trad
  24. 24
    Sam I Am
    5.8
    Sport
  25. 25
    Afterthought
    5.10a
    Tr
  26. 26
    Dimrill Stair
    5.8
    Trad
  27. 27
    Khazad-dûm
    5.10b
    Sport
  28. 28
    Andúril
    5.11a
    Sport · Tr
  29. 29
    Dwarrowdelf
    5.8
    Trad
  30. 30
    Big Kahuna
    5.10d
    Sport
  31. 31
    ME Overhang Left
    5.9
    Tr
  32. 32
    ME Overhang Center
    5.10a/b
    Tr
  33. 33
    Little Bruiser
    5.8
    Trad
  34. 34
    Easy Rider
    5.7
    Sport · Tr
  35. 35
    Black Rider
    5.11b
    Sport · Tr
  36. 36
    Shadowfax
    5.8
    Tr · Trad
  37. 37
    Nameless Right of Shadowfax
    5.8
    Tr
  38. 38
    Morannon
    5.9
    Tr · Trad
  39. 39
    Shelob's Lair
    5.10b
    Trad
  40. 40
    Middle Finger
    5.10c
    Tr
  41. 41
    Orthanc
    5.8-
    Sport
  42. 42
    Out on a Whim
    5.10d
    Trad
  43. 43
    Strider
    5.6
    Tr
  44. 44
    Strider Face
    5.10b
    Tr
  45. 45
    Isengard
    5.10c
    Sport
  46. 46
    Stink Finger
    5.10b
    Sport · Tr
  47. 47
    Rock Wrestling/ Smaug
    5.9
    Trad
  48. 48
    Gandalf
    5.7
    Tr · Trad
  49. 49
    Radagast
    5.6
    Trad