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Peak Mountain 3

Moss Madness

FA Clint Cummins and Bob Steed 3/21/2010
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Description

Pitch 1: Starts 10' right of Dangling Chads pitch 1 in a dark seam that takes micronuts for pro. 5.8

Pitch 2: Up right facing corner to a 5.11a thin crux 60 feet up. 5.11a

Pitch 3: Go left to join D.C. for 30' then climb back right up some large munge. Easy slab follows to a grey rock scar. 5.7

Pitch 4: Straight up past slab to a bulge with a crack in the middle. Belay on a ledge 20' above this bulge (2 bolt belay). 5.8

Pitch 5: Up past 3 bolts to a belay in the munge zone next to a block 60' up and right past the 3rd bolt. 5.9

Pitch 6: Up and right past munge to a large slot in the headwall. Belay above the slot at the 2 bolt belay for Eagle's Eyrie. 5.9

Pitch 7: Go up and left to a white slab with a hidden thin crack. When the angle eases move up and right to the base of the giant headwall. 5.7

Pitch 8: Traverse left to avoid the lower headwall then up 4th class to a point level with a large manzanita in the middle of the headwall. Traverse right past an awkward section to gain a small ledge just above the manzanita bush. 5.7

Pitch 9: Up to the left of two cracks that breach a steep section, then up past easy blocks to a belay below a steep handcrack or move right to the 2 bolt belay of Eagle's Eyrie. 5.8

Pitch 10: Up the short, steep handcrack to the top.

Descent: rap Eagle's Eyrie via it's 9 bolted belays (all SS 3/8" as of 3/21/2010)

Location

Located just to the right of Dangling Chads 5.9 start. Look for a thin seam in dark rock.

Protection

2 each thin cams to 2.5"

nuts including micro and offset