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The Pillar of Pain 

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Type: Ice, Alpine
Consensus: WI5 [details]
Length: 1 pitch, 120 feet
Season: Cody Ice
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Submitted By: Stymingersfink on Dec 22, 2007


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The Pillar of Pain


Description 

Aptly named, after all the work it takes to get here, it'd better be in climbable condition! Climb to the top of this massive pillar, then bump right to belay your second from sling anchor.

To descend, rap the pillar, then continue down the drainage rapping High on Boulder. You may retrieve any gear left at the confluence of High on Boulder and Moonrise on your way back to the vehicle.


Location 

High in the drainage above High on Boulder... we did Moonrise, then hiked up the steppy drainage to gain a rubble-strewn slope which would provide access to the next drainage left. You will hike past one potential route which may sometimes materialize as an 80' free-standing pillar, IDK. Continue east another 100yds or so.


Protection 

Screws.



Photos of The Pillar of Pain Slideshow Add Photo
A photostitched view of the unformed pillar on the way to Pillar Of Pain, featuring clipinmt's standing on the incipient cone for scale.

BETA PHOTO: A photostitched view of the unformed pillar on the...

Ace, K. Hirst and myself in the drainage above Moonrise, seeking to gain enough elevation to traverse East into the Pillar Of Pain

BETA PHOTO: Ace, K. Hirst and myself in the drainage above Moo...

The Three Amigos, on one of the last short steps above Moonrise, before traversing East into the Pillar Of Pain drainage (located above High on Boulder)

The Three Amigos, on one of the last short steps a...

Nearly home free, with a belay from K.Hirst. One can see the large evergreen to the right of the climb which IIRC, I belayed/rapped from. Be sure to place a screw for the second before traversing right...

Nearly home free, with a belay from K.Hirst. One c...