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Fishhook Arête crux

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This steep headwall is the 5.8 crux of the Fishhook Arête. From what I gather from the guidebooks (seems quite possible, too), one can traverse L here, then back up to the arête, bypassing the headwall. I would recommend sticking to the ridge itself- the rock is quite clean overall, there are a multitude of options, & you're climbing the Fishhook Arête, for cryin' out loud! 5 August, '6 Photo by Aaron Schohn

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MichaelJ

To crux or not

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Following Supertopo, I went more to the left (and wasted a lot of time picking out a line). The devious cracks I followed had a couple of 5.9 moves and evidence of previous parties (two bail slings and finger tape in a crack). I agree that the routefinding here was probably the crux of the climb, but I found the lieback on the hand crack below the summit to be the most exciting technical move. How did you find that final pitch?

Posted Sep 27, 2006 1:39 am


	Diggler	Re: To crux or not
	Hasn't voted	Last pitch was great (liebacks & jams were really enjoyable), but I'd say this was the crux of the climb.
		Posted Aug 7, 2007 1:47 pm