Five Finger Discount 

FA:  John Varco1999 Type:  Trad, Sport Consensus:  5.12a/b [details] Length:  1 pitch, 70 feet Views: 370 page views Submitted By: jason seaver on Nov 7, 2004 Add Photo  Add Comment

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Description 

Just so there's no confusion, I didn't lead this pitch. My partners managed to get the rope up it, with falls and hangs, and I had the distinct pleasure of a toprope.

This is a great pitch on the NW side of Blair III, about 50' left of Intimidation - 5.9. A shallow hand-sized crack quickly dwindles to fingers, crappy fingers and crimps (probably the crux) past a bolt. This gets you to a horizontal crack (big hand-sized cams) on which you hand-traverse left to another steep seam. Follow this past two bolts and finger sized gear. There's hard climbing throughout this sustained pitch with distinctly harder sections at the 1st and 2nd bolts.

Protection 

Bring a standard rack up to #3 camalot, with doubles of the thin cams (aliens). Three bolts and a mangled fixed wire round out the protection. The first two bolts are difficult and dicey to clip.