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Killer Pillar

Name: Killer Pillar
Rating: 3.8

WI5-6 M5+ R

Routes in Camp Bird Road

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	99 Problems T M5-
	[Redacted] S M8+
	Bird Brain Boulevard T WI5 M5
	Blood and Spit T M8-9 R
	Chock Top WI2-3
	Chock Up Another One T WI3-4
	Chockstone Chimney T WI3-4 R
	Chopped Suey T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b WI4- M4 PG13
	Choppo's Chimney (aka Chappo's Chimney) T WI4+
	Cinnamon and Cider S M11
	Cleft, The WI3
	Czech Mate T M5-6
	Desperado T M6 R
	Dirty Bird WI3 M9-
	Dirty Minds T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a M6 R
	Drop The Mic T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c M8 R
	Dumpster Diver S M5
	Eighteen S M7-8
	Eitan Green Memorial T M6-7
	Fistful of Steel S M10
	Fractured Fairytales T M6+
	Fucking Elite S M6
	Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b WI3 M7 R
	Going Retro S M6
	Goldline S M10
	Hairy Devil T WI5+ M6-7 R
	Hardest Mixed Climb in the World, The S M4+
	House/Kennedy Chimney, The T M6 R
	Itchy When Dry S M6
	Just Another Duncan Route T WI4-5 M5
	Killer Pillar T WI5-6 M5+ R
	Left Bolted Corner S M6-7
	Local Scoop, The S M7
	Lola's Leap S M6-
	M6 Corner T WI4+ M6
	M7 Crack T M6-7
	Maid to Order S M7
	Mama Tried T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a M6 R
	Mile 4 S M6
	Negligent Behavior T WI5- M5+ R
	O'Donnell's Route WI4+
	Paco's Chewy S M6
	Palm and Pray T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a M6 R
	Pride is the Devil T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a M5-6 X
	Racing Stripe (Left) T WI4 M4-5
	Racing Stripe (Right) T WI5 M5
	Ribbon, The T WI4
	Right Bolted Corner S M6-7
	Runoff Election TR WI2
	Rusty Cage T M7 PG13
	Senator Gulch WI3-4
	Senator's Corner M6
	Shattered Dreams WI5+ M8
	Skillet's Revenge WI4+
	Sky is Falling, The S M9+
	Skylight T WI4+ M4-5
	Slip Sliding Away T WI4-
	Slippery When Wet T WI4
	Snow Blind Friend, Walk the Line? (submitted as Attractive Hazard) T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a WI4+ M6 Steep Snow X
	Subterfuge T WI6 M7+
	Talisman Simulator T M5-6 PG13
	Talisman, The T WI5-6 M6
	Tasty Talks T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c M5 R
	Thick Scull Thoroughfare T M6+
	Thirteen S M6-
	Tourist Trap WI4+ M5
	Troglodyte S M9
	Troutman/Rodent, The T M5 R
	Vulgar Display of Power T M6 R
	Wake Up Call T M5+ R
	Walk Irene, Submitted as Goodnight Irene T M6 PG13
	Weak and the Weary T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c M5+ R
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Type:	Trad, Mixed, Ice
FA:	unknown
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Shared By:	Bryson Slothower on Jan 10, 2002
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Access Issue: Yield to mining vehicle traffic Details

Revenue and Camp Bird Mines have resumed mining activities further up Camp Bird Rd. A new sign posted in February 2013 caused some tension as described in:

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Please refrain from blocking the road, yield to oncoming mining vehicle traffic, and be careful of rockfall and icefall. Please share the road to minimize future access issues with the road's multiple user groups.

Description

This is a wild route! Start as for Choopo's but head for the hanging pillar on the right. leave the gully and head up and right after about 30 feet and start the mixed climbing. Follow the crack/corner system till you can reach the ice M5+ with cams in the crack. Climb thin ice up to the bolt and then move out onto the pillar and make strenous moves on steep ice to the top, screws for