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Pinnacle Express

Name: Pinnacle Express
Rating: 2.5

5.6 YDS 4c French 14 Ewbanks V UIAA 12 ZA S 4b British

Routes in Down Range Rocks

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	Fluid Motion TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Medium Rare Grunt TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Multiple Ways TR 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
	Phantasm Left T,TR 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c PG13
	Phantasm Right TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Pinnacle Express T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Priority Crux TR 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Roundabout TR 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Sail with Me TR 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
	Splitter Endurance T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Stout Route TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	WaHoo TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Woohoo TR 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b

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Type:	Trad, 40 ft (12 m)
GPS:	39.60657, -77.44039
FA:	"John Kelbel, Dec 2020"
Page Views:	541 total · 9/month
Shared By:	John Kelbel on Dec 13, 2020
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Description

Lead the obvious jagged crack to the top. Beware there is No anchor on top see Protection below. It's a fun line, we removed some loose blocks that were sitting around and there might be some more to clean off. However the rock on the route felt quite solid.

Location

The South West wall of free standing Pinnacle on the east end of the main outcrop.

Protection

There are no anchors on top, not even gear anchors. The protection is a standard rack. The top is flat and has a three foot wall. I'm used to climbing & scrambling around Seneca's many ledge systems, so I felt ok with going off belay. I pulled up my rope and tied the middle off to my harness. I untied the end and tossed the rope down the back side of the rock and had someone tie it securely to a tree with 3 wraps around the tree. Anchoring tightly to the rope, I then top belayed my friends and lowered them off. And I too rappelled down the climb. We untied the rope from the tree on the back side of the rock and then pulled the rope down off the pinnacle.