Type: Trad, 2 pitches
FA: unknown
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Shared By: John J. Glime on May 7, 2004
Admins: Andrew Gram, Nathan Fisher, Perin Blanchard, GRK, D C

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This is the very highly recommended variation on Standard Thumb.

Pitch one:Start up the gully for about 20 feet and then move onto the right wall up steep cracks (fun moves) to the tree filled gully. Continue up through the trees and belay where the trees end.

Pitch two:Climb the great hand/arm crack continuing up and to the right until you come to a roof. Undercling to the right and up onto lunch ledge and an obvious belay.

You now have a few choices... up the awesome S-direct, up the classic trough pitch, or rappel.

Protection Suggest change

Standard trad rack, long runners to girth hitch trees.

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