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Showing Classic Finger Crack from the trail.
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Looking down the route just before the summit.
Second Elephant Buttress<br> <br> 1. Tough Situation (5.9+)<br> 2. Classic Finger Crack (5.9)
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Tom Thomas
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The Second Elephant Buttress.<br> <br> The easiest approach to Tough Situation and Classic Finger Crack is by scrambling down from the gap between the First and Second Buttresses, and scrambling right (4th class) to a good ledge at the base of the routes.<br> <br> It's also possible to approach these routes via a 4th-class climb from the water pipe.<br> <br> Descend by rappelling 90' from the top of Pine Tree Route, or by descending a trail just left of the First Buttress.
Photo shows my belayer. I tied off the boulder and solo led the route with a Grigri.
The upper section of the route.
Looking down the route just before the summit.
Showing Classic Finger Crack from the trail.
Second Elephant Buttress<br> <br> 1. Tough Situation (5.9+)<br> 2. Classic Finger Crack (5.9)
The start of Classic Finger Crack - April 1980.
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