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Blade of Damascus, The 
Dueling Bugles 

The Blade of Damascus 

5.11a

   

FA: Manuel R, Mike K
New Route: Yes
Type: Trad, Sport
Consensus: 5.11a [details]
Length: 1 pitch, 95 feet
Views: 156 page views

Submitted By: Mike on Oct 17, 2006


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Description 

A great route up a dike on Stewart Peak. Scramble onto boulder at the base of the dyke near an old hangerless bolt. Reach up and left to place a large nut or small cam in a short, left-leaning crack. Follow crack, then dyke and intermittent crack, past a bolt to a ledge below a sharp arete. Continue up right side of arete past 4 bolts using a multitude of blocky, slopey holds to top, then exit right to anchor. When going up the arete, don't cheat by stemming off of the back wall, which lowers the difficulty on this section to 5.9ish or maybe 10-.


Protection 

A set of nuts and some small to medium cams, plus 5 bolts. The top anchor is bolted.


Location 

Located on East Face of Stewart Peak. Route follows obvious dike to prominent arete. To descend, rap route from bolted anchor with a single 60m rope.