Type: Trad, 90 ft (27 m)
FA: Lynn Hill, Tim Toula 1988
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Shared By: jgallagher Gallagher on Oct 5, 2010
Admins: Pat Goodman, Chris Whisenhunt, Amanda Smith, Pnelson

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This is one of the prettiest pitches of climbing in the southeast as well as one of the most intimidating looking finger cracks just about anywhere.

Tim did the first ascent of The Ringmaster a couple month's before Lynn Hill added this spectacular variation finish.  

Start the same as Ringmaster on top of a boulder just down and right of a fixed pin. Climb through a slightly heady but easy opening section up to the base of the roof passing two fixed pins and a gear placement. From a pumpy stance on a slopey jug place several good cams and get your head together for an amazing roof sequence on horizontal finger locks. A few crimps to the left of the crack as well as a good hand jam near the end of the roof make this roof possible. A huge jug just over the lip allows you to place a much appreciated piece of gear. From the jug a couple lock offs on good slots get you into the corner. Place gear from a decent rest stance and gun for a good hand jam before the business of the corner. Slopey laybacks and miserable feet with insecure stems characterize the middle part of the corner and placing gear is pretty strenuous. In the last 15 feet of the corner the crack opens up and allows for great hands but the feet stay pretty bad so its still relatively strenuous to place gear. Its easy enough to where you will almost want to just punch through and not bother with gear. It would be a long fall but very clean, the choice is yours.

Video by Pat Goodman of Dave Sharratt sending the Show

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Starts 15 feet right of puppy chow on a boulder, same as Ringmaster.

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Bring several cams up to a number 1. Emphasis will be on finger sized gear and slightly smaller. The corner eats up stoppers but placing cams instead will be much more efficient. If you choose cams, c3s would be ideal but anything that size will work great.

Note that the face leading up to the roof has definite no fall zones just because the pins are very sketchy looking. Up until the first real gear placement the climbing is 5.9-5.10R.

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