Lowe Pressure  WI5 M6

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Type:  Trad, Mixed, Ice, 1 pitch, 80 feet Consensus:  WI5 M6 [details] FA:  Unknown Season:  Winter Submitted By:  Chris Zeller on Jan 12, 2001 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (3) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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Description 

The route starts on the right side of Firehouse Pillar under the rock and ice cave. Start up the ice inside the cave and climb 20 feet to a ledge. Traverse left on the difficult ledge past two bolts. Clip a third bolt on the right face of a dihedral. Traverse left and up by puling the dihedral. Clip a fourth bolt on the face above the dihedral and move up the rock face over small ice blobs to the free-hanging ice. Clip one more bolt on a ledge and move onto the delicate ice. Climb the steep ice to the trees above.

Descent: rappel or lower from the slings and rap ring anchors above the route. Descend carefully as it is easy to dislodge the free hanging icicles above. With the long distance of the traverse, the route may need to be cleaned before lowering--even on 60 m cords.

Protection 

Screws and four or five bolts (quickdraws and one medium sling)

Toprope Protection 

This sport mixed climb isn’t suited to toproping due to the dangerous swing potential and hanging ice above the route.

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Griz leading thru the curtain to the frozen fun ab...	Brad turning the corner, Nice....pants!	B-Rad mining a window thru the upper curtain.
Reaching jugs (Mmmmmm!), a bit tougher for short b...	Brad not feeling the "Pressure"...of the 'Fashion ...