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Peak Mountain 3

Puff Daddy

FA Ron Olsen and Mike Amato, 3/20/07
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Description

Puff Daddy climbs the bulging headwall above

Hold The Line

and

Dan's Line

. It can be done as a second pitch after either of these routes. The climbing looks steep and improbable, but edges and holds appear just where you need them. Well bolted in the hard sections so there's a minimal fear factor.

Climb

Hold The Line

(5.9) and belay at the anchor at 100'. Alternatively, climb

Dan's Line

(5.8) and belay at the higher anchor at 110'. This anchor is about 20' left and 10' higher than the anchor on Hold The Line.

From

Hold The Line

, climb up and left on easy rock. You can place a red Alien or purple Camalot in a crack about 10' above the belay. Continue to a horizontal crack, where you can place another red Alien or purple Camalot. Step up and clip the first bolt. This is about 25' above the belay, but the climbing is easy.

From

Dan's Line

, climb straight up easy rock to the horizontal crack, place a red Alien or purple Camalot if desired, and step up and clip the first bolt.

Continue up the headwall, which gets harder the higher you go, to a bulging section at the sixth bolt. Work up on thin holds (crux), hang in and make the seventh clip, and continue up past one more bolt to the anchor. Lower back down and let your partner have a shot at it. If you want to belay from the top, continue up and right about 15' to a higher anchor on a ledge. From this higher anchor, rap back down to the anchor atop

Hold The Line

.

From the anchor on

Hold The Line

, you can rappel back to the ground with a 60m rope.

Location

This is a second pitch that starts atop

Hold The Line

or

Dan's Line

.

Protection

8 bolts to a 2-bolt anchor with lowering hooks. Optional red Aliens/purple Camalots can be placed before the first bolt. Lower or rappel with a 60m rope, then do another rappel to the ground. There is a higher anchor, above and right of the lowering anchor, if you want to belay from the top.