Type: Trad, Alpine, 120 ft (36 m)
GPS: 44.16805, -71.67129
FA: Shawn Bunnell, September 18th 2020
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Shared By: Eli B on Sep 19, 2020 · Updates
Admins: Jay Knower, M Sprague, Jeffrey LeCours, Jonathan S, Robert Hall

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The free version of Meister Shooter, this long and proud line follows a single seam from essentially the bottom to the top of the wall. Start in an easy corner and climb to a bolt and pull over a small overlap onto an increasingly difficult slab that leads to a small pedestal before the meat of the climb begins. Slab your way off the midway anchor into dwindling finger locks until you reach a jug and can clip a good knife blade. Shortly after, a magnificent crux section on a perfect shield is protected by two bolts. After the second bolt is clipped make just a few more desperate moves to reach a ledge system that will take you to the anchor.

Pin It to Win It got its name from a near miss rappelling accident that happened in September 2019 while Shawn was working the line. The accident resulted in a 30' ground fall, close to 7 months off of climbing, and a steel pin that now permanently resides in his foot holding a tendon to the bone. Shawn showed a lot of perseverance through this project, and I suspect this will be the hardest pitch in Franconia Notch for years to come.

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Just downhill from the stone patio. Locate a bolt above a moderate corner and look up the wall for a thin snaking crack and two bolts at the top.

Protection Suggest change

Doubles of small stuff and a #4
4 Bolts, one knifeblade

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