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Keystone Route

Name: Keystone Route
Rating: 3.4

5.9+ YDS 5c French 17 Ewbanks VI UIAA 17 ZA E1 5a British

Routes in Harrison Peak

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	Gendarme East T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Keystone Route T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Mistaken Identity T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Running Flakes T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	South Face Standard Route T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Twin Flakes T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c

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Type:	Trad, Alpine
FA:	R. Green, M. Kubiak, K. Nystrom 1984
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Description

A scrappy, direct finish that will have you contemplating the meaning of 5.9

back clean your first piece to reduce drag. the rope also has a tendency to get jammed in a crack at the first roof. Just place a piece there and the rope won’t slide in as easily if at all.

Location

After P2 you move up past the horn and the lay back crack until you reach a comfortable stance at the route divergence. Find the side pull and step out left until you can grab the arete. A Lost Arrow piton used to be in the small horizontal crack which now protects with a black tricam or a .3 totem.

From there you continue to move up a steep series of roofs. There’s a nice little alcove to rest in before the last few moves take you up a finger crack.

Belay off slung blocks.

Protection

Small-medium stoppers and doubles from 00-1 There are three LA pitons as well.
A fourth piton used to protect the initial, Spicy traverse move but if you have a .3 totem or similar cam with a narrow head width, that might work too. Consider a black tricam.