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Peak Mountain 3

Break on Through

FA Jim Erickson, John Behrens, 1968.
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Description

What a neat route. This starts left of

The Unsaid

,

Washington Irving

, and

Chianti

in a prominent, R-facing dihedral, just right of a large overhang. The ...R-facing dihedral 10 feet right of Break On Through is

Chianti

.

P1: The first pitch is a nice length with varied climbing. Some technical stemming and liebacking are the crux for this pitch (8). After the first steep section, continue up a ramp, then up through another steep dihedral. Belay at the tree off to the right.

P2: Climb easy ground across the rotten ledge to the base of the large right-facing dihedral. The crux here is some difficult stemming on thin edges to reach great finger jams. Several tough moves is all though. The pro is good here and easy to place at a rest before the hard moves. Descend around the back side then make a single 50m rap to the

Unsaid

anchors. Rap with a single 50m to a ledge, then downclimb an easy crack back to the base.

Protection

Standard rack up to #3 Friend. Some smaller nuts/TCUs protect the crux on P2.