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Type: Trad, Alpine, 1 pitch, 150 feet
Consensus: 5.7 [details]
FA: Unknown
Submitted By: Michael Z. on Aug 27, 2011

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Description 

Nice climbing up an erratic crack with lots of rests and a fine position.

P1 5.7 150 Start up Sam's Swan Song's broken corner but break left after about thirty feet. Follow lightning crack until it ends then look right for a bolted belay.


Location 

Maybe a couple of hundred feet north of Slow and Easy, Left of the Triple S Buttress.


Protection 

Standard Rack, Bolt Anchors, Rap with two ropes.



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By Kai Troester
From: Pepperell, MA
Sep 26, 2011

I've done this with a double set of BD camelots up to size #2 and a single #3. You'll have to run it out a bit, but the falls are clean.

It also dries quickly, except for the start, which can seep a bit. But even then there are enough dry holds to climb around the wet stuff.