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Rest Day - 5.11a

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extra green camalots otherwise single set + nuts.
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South face of the escarpment just south of the Whitney- Russell pass from Iceberg Lk. 130ft crack system begins 5.7 but continuosly steepens to overhanging rattley fingers then large hands over a bulge. rap the back side 40 ft to 3rd class ledges.

Submitted by: markguycan on 2005-09-12
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Route ID: 69612

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Onsight Onsight ascent by: crackmd on 2005-09-09 (View Climbing Log)

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Mark and I did the FA of this cool crack on a day when we were going to do Mithral but the coulds were rolling in. Thought we had an obligatory rest day but found this gem. Hope it sees a second ascent sometime. I left a cairn at the top.

Witnessed by: markguycan
Added: 2005-09-09