Piece of Cake  5.7

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Type:  Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 70 feet Consensus:  5.7+ [details] FA:  Submitted By:  Ian Harmon on May 22, 2006 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (39) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

BETA PHOTO: Minnesota Strip.

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Description 

This is a fairly sustained climb for the first two-thirds and then the climbing eases up a bit and the crack widens. This route protects very well over its entire length. Closed for a number of years because the rock is slowing migrating outward. This may have made the route harder. It certainly felt more like a 5.8 than a 5.7 to me, but this could just be because of its sustained nature. Re-opened as of Fall 2005.

• RCM&W #42, p.165.

Location 

Piece of Cake is the prominent crack on the right side of the large rectangular block first visible upon entering the Minnesota strip.

Protection 

Nuts, Cams, Hexes. The bottom takes medium sized stuff (large nuts to small hexes). The top takes larger stuff. Standard top rope setup with extra webbing (60 ft should more than cover it.) The rock is somewhat broken toward the edge of the cliff and the best placements are a ways back from the top of the cliff.

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Brad approaching the top of Piece of Cake, with th...	andrew on lead Photo:Taylor Krosbakken	I chose to traverse left, avoiding the wider crack...
Leading Piece of Cake, Summer 2011	Connecting Piece of Pie and Piece of Cake to get a...