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Rappelling off of Disappointment Peak
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Looking down the east ridge
My climbing partner, Jason, at the end of the third pitch. We traversed left from the top of the second pitch to avoid the 5.6 R friction section. Above, you can see both starts to the 4th pitch 4 (5.6 dihedral or 5.7 hand crack) and the 5.5 chimney.
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Emily Cheng
Aug 7, 2017
“Rappelling off of Disappointment Peak”  

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East ridge proper, seen from the forested bench at the top of pitch 1.
Looking down the east ridge
Rappelling off of Disappointment Peak
My climbing partner, Jason, at the end of the third pitch. We traversed left from the top of the second pitch to avoid the 5.6 R friction section. Above, you can see both starts to the 4th pitch 4 (5.6 dihedral or 5.7 hand crack) and the 5.5 chimney.
On the rightwards traverse ledge at the base of the scramble. The tree has tat and rings for a short repel. There is also a downclimb option staying on the traverse to the right in the photo which is likely the more efficient option
Chris P leads a fun variation on p1. The line of higher resistance can pass over a short but sweet ~5.7 undercling and layback.
Technical portion of Disappointment Peak's East Ridge as seen from Amphitheater Lake.
looking up at p2. Go up the face and eventually step left to the orange mini dihedral. If you look closely you can see my partner setting a belay on the left end of that ledge, near the top right corner of the trees on the left
east ridge as seen from amphitheater lake
Staring up the 5.7 hand-crack finish
1st pitch, climb cracks up to and right of the small trees.
Before the crux of the second pitch, looking over the north face of DP and the Grand
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