Pear Buttress

Tuesday, Maria and I, climbed the Lumpy Ridge classic "Pear Buttress."  Pear Buttress is a 5 pitch rock route on The Book formation.  The climbing is characterized by bullet granite crack climbing linked by featureless slabs. 

 This not be missed classic begins with a 5.7R slab gaining a right facing corner that rewards the climber with a long stretch of hands.  This crux pitch is finished with a section of straight in finger crack and ends at a nice belay niche.  A wandering 5.5 pitch lands you on a deluxe ledge below a beautiful finger and hand crack.

After firing up the laser cut splitter a belay can be reached in a crystalline recess where you can revel in the beauty of your second sending!  The following pitch involves some wandering on slabs and some good loose rock avoidance that lands you on a sandy belay below the upper headwall.   There are a number of exit options once you reach this point.  Maria and I opted for the Hurley Traverse avoiding the less enjoyable "Cave Exit"  

We descended east and back to our packs by 2:00pm, both on high after ascending another Lumpy gem!