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Mama Bear

5.6 R, Trad, 160 ft (48 m),  Avg: 2.9 from 7 votes
FA: Frank Bochanski & Zach Hyer
New York > Powerlinez > k. Tower Wall area > 5. Three Bears Wall
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Description

A fun weekday climb that traverses the entirety of Three Bears wall.  Start up Bear Claw to jugs and then move right on good feet past shallow cracks.  Look higher to find a critical placement at a very slight, very dirty left facing corner, then move up and over onto slabby feet and edges and knobs for hands.  Meet up with Baby Bear at the top of the blocky column.  Continue traversing right, following the horizontal crack, then trend up again, aiming to cross Papa Bear above the prominent vertical crack.  Look for two lichen-encrusted parallel vertical cracks to take you up to the ledge, then finish with the Risky Bear boulder problem to top out.

Location

Three Bears wall from left to right, starting at the base of Bear Claw and ending at the finish of Risky Bear.

Protection

Trad: Standard rack plus mandatory tricams. Be mindful and protect the second - especially towards the beginning of the climb.

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