Type: Trad, 9 pitches, Grade IV
FA: Pete Robins and Ben Bransbury
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Shared By: Casey Elliott on Nov 14, 2018
Admins: slim, Cory N, Perin Blanchard, GRK, David Crane

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A few people have asked me to add this separately from the Aid climb of the finger.


P1: straightforward 5.11
P2: tricky off the start, sustained. Place pro after you use the pin scars otherwise it will be much harder 5.12  or E6. 
P3: tricky off the belay as well,sustained 5.12 or E6 
(P2, P3 and P8 are the most sustained climbing)

P4: The roof- a good fingerlock between the fixed tricams leads to a hard mantle. Easy climbing follows with poor pro. 5.12 E5 

P5: Flaring chimney that you can protect with a #4 5.10 

P6: Traverse around the duck 5.3 

P7: Pinscar boulder problem in the mud seam leads to easy climbing, then a tricky mantle. Good pro the entire pitch 12d (the BP felt V6-7 to us)

P8: Strange blobs lead to a few hard moves on slopers and bad feet. Continue left in the crack to good rock. 5.12+ Good updated bolts and exposure make this pitch one of the best 

P9: Scramble to the summit 5.4 


After working sundevil chimney I realized the rock on finger of fate is actually pretty dang solid with a light dusking of choss or sand on top. 

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Same as for the aid climb. 

Protection Suggest change

Offsets, cams to 4. Yellow C3 was nice to have. Totems probably fit better than any other cams

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