Pony Express 

FA:  1st P: Dick Long, 2nd: Gene Drake, Jim Hicks Type:  Trad Length:  2 pitches, 170 feet Views: 283 page views Submitted By: Brian Quiter on Mar 8, 2005 Add Photo  Add Comment

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Mike Dahlquist rides the first pitch of Pony Expre...

Description 

Pony Express is a great way to start the day. The first pitch is worthy of 3 stars, a lieback flake for a ways then it turns into a left-facing open book.

The second pitch only deserves 1 star... continue up from the belay on easy climbing for ~20 feet then use a wide crack in the gully to pull a bulge (5.9). After the crux its 3rd class to the top.

Finding Pony Express is quite simple too. It starts in the middle of a clean face on a very obvious flake - the only one in the vicinity.

Protection 

Up to 3 inches, there are bolts atop the first pitch, and plenty of huge boulders to sling atop the second.

Walk off to the north.

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BETA PHOTO: First pitch of Pony Express (5.8) at sunset	There are frequent big rests.	Jamming the upper part of the flake before the fir...
Laybacking to surmount the step in the upper corne...	Paul making a big layback move. Is it really this ...