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"Trip:Silver Horn - Playin' Not Sprayin' - III 5.10 \n \n\nDate: 8/31/2008\n \n\nTrip Report:\n\n\n \n\nArmed with the prospect of cold and stormy weather on an August weekend, myself an David Trippett (AviTripp) headed east to a beautiful valley on the forgotten side of Silver Star Peak with thoughts of unclimbed granite and storm avoidance. \n \n\n\n \n \n\nThe objective was a clean-looking spire known as The Silver Horn, an apt name given the white granite on its flanks. Red arrow marks the spot.\n \n\n\n \n \n\nWe woke up on the morning of the 31st to ice and frosty conditions, a theme that would continue throughout the day. After some steep alpine travel to get the blood pumping, we reached the base of the wall. From the base we climbed 8 pitches of cracks, flakes, and corners, with the occasional loose funk. A ledge splits the face at mid-height. Below the ledge we were to the left of \"  The Chalice\" (Berdinka/Thibault '05) and it looks like we started off the halfway ledge to the right of their climb. The finishes were certainly separate, but we may have shared some ground around p7.\n \n\nP1 Begins with a big clean flake, before moving right to the base of a long corner.\n \n\n\n \n\nP2 &amp; P3 Follow the corner on nice cracks.\n \n\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nP4 Avoids the chossy roof with flakes and splitters off to the right. Snow and ice began to fall on us during this pitch, and frosty white flakes continued for much of the day.\n \n\nP5 From the ledge, David drew the lead, and embarked on a really nice pitch sustained at 5.10. This involved some roofs, mantles, and a long corner crack.\n \n\n\n \n\nP6 Stayed through the corner, before moving out right to a pedestal belay.\n \n\n\n \n\nThe man in black rockin' the white CiloGear Pack...\n\n\n \n\nP7 Began with some loose funkiness before a great stemming corner and steep crux moves.\n \n\n\n \n\nP8 We finished straight up the chimney to the summit. Pictures don't do it a whole lot of good, but the climbing was really fun, solid, and hard to the finish. \n \n\n\n \n\nFrom what felt like a cave in the middle of the summit, a frozen-fingered pullup and mantle move around a little roof landed us on the top of the spire.\n \n \n\nOverall this was a fun time in a beautiful and less-frequented corner of the Washington Pass. Thanks to Darin for the trip suggestion!\n \n\n\n \n\nGear Notes:\n\nDoubles of cams and a set of nuts. Bring Rappel stuff or be prepared to use what was probably Fred Beckey's shoe string... \n \n\nApproach Notes:\n\nUp The Cedar Creek trail - turn right at the creek crossing draining the objective face.\n"
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