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Peak Mountain 3

Silver Slipper

FA Ed Webster, Gene Ellis, 05/91
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Description

Start right of

Tin Cat Alley

.

1st pitch: slab climb past a couple of flakes (protect with a finger to hand-sized cam in the larger flake with possible piece under the smaller flake) to a single bolt before the 2 bolt mid-anchor (no chains or rings, just hangers).

2nd pitch: do a long runout to a high first bolt as the slab steepens to crux at 2nd bolt, then it is runout on low angle slab to large ponderosa on ledge. There are no anchors at the ledge.

Descend by walking off easy terrain on left or do possible rap from the upper anchor on

Unknown

(10d) to mid-anchor and then do an additional rappel.

Protection

2 finger to hand-sized cams and slings for 2 bolts and the mid-anchor. It may be possible to link both pitches with a 70 meter rope.