Halletts Peak, Direct Second Buttress. In June of 1963 Tex Bossier and I completed this new route, which lies between the Jackson-Johnson and the Kor-Benneson routes. We first climbed a steep crack and then traversed right for 40 feet to a belay. The next pitch climbed straight up to a spacious ledge under some overhangs, which we turned on the left, before we continued up to the right for 100 feet to a poor belay on a slab. On the next few leads we fought our way through the steep blank wall above. The last complicated pitches followed flakes to the summit, which we reached after six hours. NCCS III, F8.

Layton Kor