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Peak Mountain 3

Aquaman Arete

FA Rob Bauer
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Description

This route climbs the left end of the formation along the skyline. The start has 3 choices: a finger crack and staying left of the bolts all the way up is about 5.6; the center slab, perhaps 8; and right of the bolts, maybe 9? After the 7th bolt, the rock flattens out considerably, and the bolts space out along a blunt arete.

If you TR this, bring a 70m rope. It is an easy walk up, but I didn't install separate anchors, and the rope will want to fall off toward

Tim's Walkway

... knot your end and maybe leave the top few draws in.

What's with the name? According to early DC comics, Aquaman was the king of Atlantis.

Location

On the left end of the formation, there is a huge in-place flake which forms a shallowing, right-facing corner next to a beautiful face. Start from the spacious "feldspar mine" below some choss. (The little crow's nest I originally used eroded). This is about 40' left of

Tim's Walkway

and uphill a bit.

The walkoff takes 1 minute or you could rap off

Tim's Walkway

.

Protection

9 bolts to the anchor bolts on

Tim's Variation

, which have no rings or chains.

If you want to nut the finger crack, it takes wires and/or up to a #0.4 Camalot.