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Peak Mountain 3

Lichenthrope aka Good Clean Fun

FA Ed Ash in the '80s, Kyle Copeland? Bolted by Ron Olsen, Tom Woods, 2009
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Description

Find a short, left-facing dihedral of easy difficulty. Head up. Climb a short right-facing dihedral. From here there are 2 options, straight over a little roof 5.10 R or traverse right 8 feet and back left above. Then angle up and right. You could join

Crack Where the Sun Don't Shine (retrobolted as Rain Check)

finish or angle right across slabs (crux) with marginal protection until you are under a small overlap/roof. Traverse right and up and finally you are there. Hmmm. Not sure it's worth a star, but it was lead ground-up and made for a nice little adventure.

Rap 180 feet from the tree or 3rd Class+ down the right side of the buttress.

In 2009, this line was effectively retrobolted with probably 4-5 lines crossing it and scattering a bunch of bolts that effectively make it no longer R rated and removed the adventure from this climb.

Addendum:

in late 10/09, we were informed that this line had been climbed ground up at least back in 1997 and was not named at that time. Ed Ash has also indicated he climbed all over this rock in the 1980s. So, this line has been climbed by multiple parties safely without bolts and the bolts diminish the adventure of the line.

Also, recall that this line had been climbed by multiple parties before bolts ever appeared on this cliff. This climb goes to the top of the cliff.

Addendum: this is not classified as a sport route, because it did not have bolts when it was initially ascended and after multiple additional ascents, and it does NOT end at the Mussy hooks. It goes to the top of this little crag. Most will want gear to climb this route even after the retrobolts.

Protection

Aliens, wires, Friends to #2 1/2, 60m rope.