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Sandromeda
Description
P1. Climb a hairline crack through the gray band to more broken rock, aiming for a crack in a roof. Trend slightly right, to a hole and then to a ledge and 2-bolt belay (A3+, 130’).
P2: Gain the wide crack to the right then work up and right around the arete (communication difficult) and up a rotten crack system to a 2-bolt belay (A3, 120’).
P3: Continue upward, through a roof to a thin headwall then to a 2-bolt belay under a protruding flake (A3, 100’).
P4: Nail around and mantel onto the “coffin.” Continue up the splitter crack above to a large ledge and a 2-bolt belay (A2+, 80’).
P5: Climb to the summit (no anchor) (A1 or 5.8, 25’).
Descent: Reverse the final pitch, single-rope rappel to the top of P2, rappel to the ground with two 70m ropes.
Location
This is a hundred yards west of Scarlet Spire. Begin on the west side, just left of the prow, at a dihedral.
Protection
Gear: A dozen or more Peckers/Beaks, selection pitons including Spectres, 4 sets of cams 0.4-#3 Camalot, 2 sets of cams to 6”, 2 sets of stoppers.
Routes in The Pink Squirrel
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