The Pit of the Pear  5.9

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Type:  Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet Consensus:  5.9 [details] FA:  Bill Todd Season:  year-round Submitted By:  jason seaver on Oct 25, 2009 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (2) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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Description 

Although this is really just a variation to MCPSAES, it is SO different in nature and difficulty from that route, I thought it could use its own separate description. Left of the standard finishes to the Syringe is an obvious, wide crack through a roof. This is The Pit...and the Pit is hard. It is not your run-of-the-mill 5.9.

Location 

This is 20 or 30 feet left of the Syringes' standard finishes. The wide roof crack.

Protection 

I didn't use anything bigger than a #3 Camalot, but something bigger would fit. It pretty much tops out on the summit.