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Peak Mountain 3

The Exercise of Vital Powers

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Description

Start by the broken blocks near an inconvenient tree. Ascend the blocks to a big horizontal that takes a BD #2. A fall above this cam could put you on the tree, beware. Make big reaches to sharp horizontal crimps. Move left 3-5ft along the second thin horizontal to where it opens up enough to plug a BD #0.4. Work straight through the left facing flake feature above, which may require a precise sequence (crux) to a good horizontal crack that takes a black tricam or a BD #0.5. Move right a couple feet along this horizontal, find small feet that allow you to make a big reach up and right to a sharp black horizontal crack that is blocked on the left side. Find another crappier edge for your left hand and bump a hand up to a good ledge to finish (beware of glass on the ledge).

Location

10 ft right and around the corner from No Retreat, No Surrender on the slightly overhung (~5 degrees) east face of the Tower of Babylon.

Protection

BD cams # 2, 0.4, 0.5. BD #0.5 could be swapped for a black tricam. Fingers to hands sized cams/tricams for anchors