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Killian's Dead 

5.6

   

FA: Unknown
Type: Trad, TR
Consensus: 5.6 [details]
Length: 1 pitch
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Submitted By: Michael Komarnitsky on Jan 1, 2001


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Description 

Climb the crack running up and slightly left, just to the right of Deck Chairs on the Titanic. A good primer for hand jamming technique.


Protection 

Hexes, stoppers. For TR, a #7 stopper, and some medium length slings will set you right.



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Getting some gear in before it gets interesting.  Face on the left is Deck Chairs.

Getting some gear in before it gets interesting. ...


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By Anonymous Coward
Jun 9, 2001

Nice little climb to do with friends that haven't climbed a lot, because you can try to crank the 3ft roof on a top rope...and your new partners get used to belaying you.

By Matt Chan
Apr 8, 2004
rating: 5.6

I thought Killian's Dead was a lot of fun. 5.6 lead that takes good gear the whole way. There is a 6 foot section of OW that is difficult to protect, but before and after there is pro. Two ring anchor for lowering and setting TR.

By Gary Schmidt
Jan 9, 2005

A nice trad route but one I wouldn't recommend as a "first" 5.6 lead. Would make a nice top rope though for those who wish to practice their hand jams and get a feel for what off-widths arel like.

By Mark Nelson
From: Coniferous, CO
Jan 19, 2006
rating: 5.6

Fun little trad line. Taking the roof straight through instead of working the jugfest right-side offers more of a .9 (I really like this harder variant - really good crack moves); the crux .6 crack move is really committing for a lead, just trust the feet.

By Ben Helgeson
From: Denver
Jan 26, 2008

Cool to lead with trad gear, do it and then do the big dihedral....the OW provides good cam practice, and the new anchors up top make it really convenient.