DeepLake_130829_520
Looking up Pitch 3. Since Jeff had tried to linke Pitches 1 and 2, I think this first part is actually the last bit of Pitch 2. Then the idea is to get onto the ledge and easy blocky terrain that the climber is on in the photo. It is supposedly 5.6, but I ended up doing a 10- slab traverse angling down and right onto the ledge, so it sounds like somewhere there is an easier way to climb up and right across the slab to the ledge and maintain a 5.6 grade. I did not see it but maybe it is off the grass patch in the photo. I went higher than this and nothing seemed easy.
DeepLake_130829_520
Looking up Pitch 3. Since Jeff had tried to linke Pitches 1 and 2, I think this first part is actually the last bit of Pitch 2. Then the idea is to get onto the ledge and easy blocky terrain that the climber is on in the photo. It is supposedly 5.6, but I ended up doing a 10- slab traverse angling down and right onto the ledge, so it sounds like somewhere there is an easier way to climb up and right across the slab to the ledge and maintain a 5.6 grade. I did not see it but maybe it is off the grass patch in the photo. I went higher than this and nothing seemed easy.