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Last Pitch on Third Pillar. <br> <br> **flake being climbed is kinda loose/scary. Finger crack to climber's right harder but safer.
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Pitch 4 protection, for the section right after the layback flake. It is well protected...there is no ledge fall potential if you do the following: <br> <br> 1. Brass offset, small-ish <br> 2. yellow/blue offset BD X4 cam or comparable <br> 3. Blue 0.3 BD cam & sling
Atop the huge, scary-looking-but-solid flake with great 10a fingers on pitch 4 (pitch 5 if you do the direct start like we did.)
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Andrew
Aug 5, 2007
“Last Pitch on Third Pillar.

  • *flake being climbed is kinda loose/scary. Finger crack to climber's right harder but safer.
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The utterly striking Third Pillar of Mt. Dana.
Atop the huge, scary-looking-but-solid flake with great 10a fingers on pitch 4 (pitch 5 if you do the direct start like we did.)
Alone on the Third Pillar of Dana photo by Drew Smith.
3rd Pillar of Dana Descent.
Current (as of Sat 15 July 2017) conditions of the snow field traverse to get to the base of Third Pillar.
Looking up at the route from the base. Most of the route is just to the right of the left skyline.
Not a bad view from the summit of the 3rd! -photo by Tim Klein
Roberto and Duke on the approach hike.
Linda finishes up the last moves on the stellar final pitch of Third Pillar.<br> <br> photo by danafelthauser.com
My recommendation is to taking the left route variation because it lands your belay on this sweet detached flake. Plus it's all-in-all better climbing.
Starting up the first pitch of the Regular Route, Third Pillar of Mt. Dana.
Brian crossing the snow gully 7/22/2011.