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Peak Mountain 3

Butcher Knife

FA Les Ellison and Rick Wyatt, 1982
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Description

P1 Climb same 5.7 start as A&H

P2 Do the traverse to the crescent ledge

P3 Head right and down climb a bit to make upward progress passed two bolts. Then head right to a right facing corner and up to a third bolt. Make some dicey slab moves and up to the anchors.

P4 Long pitch with a lot of rope drag so use slings. Traverse 30' left to a ledge where a crack splits the face and turns right under a roof. Follow the crack to a belay station and head for the wild roof split by a finger crack. Pull the roof and head to a bolt and pull the second roof. Follow the crack up to a left angling crack and on to the top anchors.

Location

3 60m rappels to reach your packs. 1st rap strait down to the top of the Zion Curtain. Then angle right to the top of the 1st P and last on to the ground.

Protection

Green BD TCU to #3

Doubles in everything.

Lots of long slings

six QDs for the few bolts on each pitch