Thomas Beck > Red Rocks - The Flight Path Area

This route: Pattizabzent was named and dedicated to a client who as a mom went through some extremely hard times with her son, Ryan. <br> <br> About 100 Ft right of the Flight Path Route, scramble about 20 Ft up some brushy ledges and begin in an overhanging dark varnished corner. Excellent Sandstone double cracks, exposed right move out on to the face and up cracks on friable white rock to a hanging station. 5.9 Doubles on #2 and #3 Camalot may make you a happier leader. <br> <br> From there move down and right, climb a clean 5.9 splitter to a right facing corner, step left and up the corner to the belay in the dihedral at 5.10b: bolts and gear. This is "A Mother's Lament" pitch. One of the best pitches I've done at Red Rocks. Or alternately climb straight out of the station past a bolt, up a crack and when it ends traverse back left to the station - thin 5.9 moves. <br> <br> Pitch 3 ascends the diheral. Nice to have a #4 friend or eq. for this pitch as well as a good assortment small cams for the thin crux moves at the top. <br> <br> footnote: Since this route has 3 oak trees growing in the dihedral it may have leaves in the crack. Be ready with a cleaning tool. Rap the route station to station or risk getting the rope hung.