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The "famous" pin/nut anchor on top of pitch 2. You can get down from here with one rope, but I'd back it up with something if you do. The pin flexes and is pretty rusted, and the nut likes to fall out....

Looking up the very fun 3rd pitch....

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Chuck McQuade

Jun 21, 2007

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Tommy Caldwell & Mike Harris on Pear Buttress as part of the Layton Kor fundraiser. A beautiful day September, 2010.

One of the best pitches at Lumpy!

Pear Buttress.

The "famous" pin/nut anchor on top of pitch 2. You can get down from here with one rope, but I'd back it up with something if you do. The pin flexes and is pretty rusted, and the nut likes to fall out....

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Looking up the very fun 3rd pitch....

Casey leading the 3rd pitch (2nd pitch if you run the first two pitches together).

Leading up the P1 cracks on Pear Buttress.

C. Treiber on pitch 1. Nice gear!

We went up the easier face climb start then stepped over to the flake to place pro. Run out and scary for sure.

At the top of the Book with weather rolling in over the divide.
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Photo by Jay Patterson.

Unknown climbers below the classic pitch 3 crack....

Mike Robinson on pitch 1.

Looking up the first pitch on Pear Buttress.

The Cave Exit is worth the price of admission. Photo by AdamShep

The start of Pear Buttress.

Moving right under the roof near the top of the 3rd pitch. From the route tracing pics here, it seems people bypass this roof, going right toward the left-facing corner about 20 feet lower.
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Photo by Jay Patterson.

Just above the crux on pitch one.

Enjoying the view and a can of tuna from the belay.

Vince leading the scary looking, but fairly easy, and oh so fun roof exit in Pear Buttress.

Summit of 'Pear Buttress' with a storm in the distance.

Low on the first pitch.

Looking up at the P3 splitter.

Dusty on the 2nd pitch mini-traverse, stellar early spring day.

Kevin Brennan enjoying his country's independence day.

Tamara sewing up the stunning p3 crack.

Brian exiting the cave and finishing out the climb.

Picture taken on second pitch, looking down the perfect 5.8 crack!

Mike Robinson on pitch 3.

Ian Feinhandler following a pitch on Pear Buttress.

Looking up with a 0.5 view of an iPhone 11. The quality of the photo was not in my control. The quality of the route is superb.

Kevin again, this time following the variation I described for pitch 3.

Looking down the decent after the rappel from the tree & the scramble to the dead & alive tree pair. Locate cairns (two marked in picture). It felt more comfortable to keep climbing shoes on for a couple section to make it saver (toe jamming some cracks).

Looking up halfway down the decent. The rappel tree is still in the picture and the dead and alive tree pair as point to scramble to in center of picture. Photo taken from the cairn.

Looking up halfway down the decent after topping out the cave exit on hTe Pear. Traverse left to right on a ledge, all walkable but exposed) to the left shown tree. Follow the line on easier terrain to the 2nd tree (right in picture), & rappel off a tree.

A no hands rest after some sketch climbing. Photo by AdamShep

Taking the Hurley Traverse exit from The Cave.

Wendy Weiss leading a pitch on the Pear Buttress, 1978.

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