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Curse A Real Sword

V7, Boulder, 15 ft (5 m),  Avg: 4 from 2 votes
FA: Randy Burke, not sure when
Pennsylvania > Central PA > Hunter's Rocks… > Powercut > Powercut Central
Warning Access Issue: Avoid the small portion of boulders on private land DetailsDrop down

Description

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlc6KlHOIkA 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaWaZq9dTKM

Start on the obvious orange rail in the cave, with feet in the horizontal roof out left. I moved right hand up to sloping nub. A hard heel on the rail and toe scum in the roof marks the crux (for me) to a left had crimp. From there opposing gastons to sloper pinches up and left. Give it a go and let me know what you think, I hate grading routes. I did not use the detached boulder at the start in the cave.

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The first video is not the beta, the second video is

Location

In the middle-ish of the 3 sisters area, basically behind electric arete. Get on top of those boulders and look for a steep open cave with a parallel boulder making a decent landing. It more or less on top of Leaving the Den

Protection

I used two pads, strung to an anchor at the top of the boulders, see photos. I built the anchor with a black, blue, and pink tricam. Three/ four pads would be way better. Also, I found a snake skin and rather deep hole so keep an eye open for critters.

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anchor to hold the pads
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start standing on the blue pad with your hands on an orange rail. It is slightly chalked in the pic but its hard to see. use that core strength you work so hard for and kick your feet up and left into the roof. Follow the chalked holds
[Hide Photo] start standing on the blue pad with your hands on an orange rail. It is slightly chalked in the pic but its hard to see. use that core strength you work so hard for and kick your feet up and left i…
yarding on the anchor
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