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large bit of gear on P3 of Watchtower Crack 17-Jul-2008 At 1:20:52 PM EJ

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On 17/07/2008 ado_m wrote:
>If you've got enough gear and 60 metre ropes, string pitches 3 and 4 together.
> Otherwise, moving off the 3rd belay is not nice, I'm not sure even a #5
>is big enough to protect the 3 or so metres off the belay before you hit
>a big bolt....

Yeah I agree, the few meters off this ledge is a bit dicey, even with a good belay. Last time I did it, I continued past the belay and clipped the bolt, then downclimbed back to the ledge. This gives you a good bit of fixed gear for the belay and also minimises the chances of a factor 2 fall as you move up to the bolt.