Ice Pirates  5.11b

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Type:  Trad, 2 pitches Consensus:  5.11b [details] FA:  Sheppard, Cunning, & Ager Submitted By:  Josh Janes on Jun 18, 2006 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (10) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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This is an excellent dead-end variation to Thin Ice - worth the time and effort if you're up for the challenge.

P1: Begin as for Thin Ice, but instead of traversing right, continue up the crack system to a bolted anchor. 5.10-.

P2: Continue straight up the ever-steepening and thinning crack and step left to clip the anchor. The most difficult move is perhaps the very last one! 5.11-.

Rap back down (I believe a single 70m rope got us down) and finish with the upper pitches of Thin Ice.

Protection 

Double set of cams, wires, small stuff.