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A Thing of Beauty
5.10b/c YDS 6b French 20 Ewbanks VII UIAA 20 ZA E2 5b British
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Routes in Lower Blair II
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A Thing of Beauty T 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b |
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Body Pump T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b |
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Deadman's Glove T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a |
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Edge of Sanity T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13 |
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Enterprising Curiosity aka Bloody Scab T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Hobbit Logic T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c |
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Little Dude S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Medium Cool T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Solo for Swallows T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c |
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Wing, The T 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b |
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| Type: | Trad, 140 ft (42 m) |
| FA: | Hurley, Rearick, and Hollis, '75. FFA: Jim Brink and Skip Harper, '93 |
| Page Views: | 4,987 total · 23/month |
| Shared By: | Jeff G on Aug 16, 2006 |
| Admins: | Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Aeon Aki, Mike Snyder, Taylor Spiegelberg, Jake Dickerson |
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Description
This great crack pitch is on the Northwest side of Blair II. It splits the wall and is impossible to miss. A thin face move gets you up into the crack. It starts with easy but nice hand jams up to a convenient rest. At this point, the crack goes into a beautiful green colored right facing dihedral. Getting off the rest ledge is difficult, as the jams are a little flaring. After a few moves, the jams get better but soon turn into strenous fists and a few moves of offwidth. After another nice rest ledge, you must navigate the final 25 feet of squeeze chimney, a full body workout on this one!
Location
This is a splitter crack that doesn't quite come all the way to the ground, starts thin, and goes wide. It is easy to find in the middle of the North West face of Blair II. Start with an easy traverse from right to left to get into the crack or start up the face directly in front of a large pine tree. I did the direct start up the face and slung a branch on the pine for pro which worked well. I also used the pine for a couple of chimney and stem moves to make it easier.
Protection
Yellow TCU through #4 Camalot. The bolts on top of the route Medium Cool can be used to belay, they are about 15 feet to the North. For the rappel, scramble to the Northeast to some cold shut anchors that are the finish to a new bolted slab route that went in just North of Dead Man's Glove. A single 60m rope is plenty to get down from these anchors.
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