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Peak Mountain 3

Mace & Chain

FA Todd Wells & Forrest Gardner
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Description

One of the most eye catching lines at the suck. Climbs the “tower of choss” Pitch 1 climb Ride the Pony and scramble up on the ledge through trees to the base of the next rock band. Pitch 2 I believe this route was originally climbed by going right through the choss band angling towards the corner at an easier grade. We climbed more or less straight up through the overhang on “better” rock and then traversed right around the corner. This is the second pitch for Plate Lunch but makes for a good pitch to access the third pitch of mace and chain if you want to do more sustained climbing. Pitch 3 The meat and potatoes. Grab your hammer and the rest of the rack. Nail, hook and hang your way out through the large roof and pull the lip. Originally done with a lot more iron having a ton of them fancy little bitty cams speeds this process up greatly. Standard danger level for the sucks aid climbs. Not for the whiney... A double rope rap from the top takes you back to the top of pitch 1 and a single rope rap takes you to the ground

Location

This is on the east side of the concentration camp just left of the scenic Kovite Kove

Protection

Lots of small cams with some blades, arrows, and a couple beaks. Standard clean aid rack, A hook, nuts, tricams, etc