Type: | Mixed, Ice, 100 ft (30 m) |
FA: | unknown |
Page Views: | 1,273 total · 9/month |
Shared By: | Ryan Barber on Feb 27, 2012 |
Admins: | Jay Knower, M Sprague, Lee Hansche, Jeffrey LeCours, Jonathan S, Robert Hall |
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Description
This is the line that goes right under the cave and up to a mixed finish. The climb is in the shade, so freezer effect sets in, and the temperature drops a bit while on route. The climb was actually a bit more exciting that I thought it would be from first glance. It goes up to the hanging icicles and traverses right and up through a corner. At the finish, there was a large plate of junky ice hanging from the top (see photo). I had to knock this off to access the nice crack underneath which is good for small stoppers and tri-cams and which offers very secure tool hooks.
On my first attempt, I sunk my tool into the ice on the top to make the final pull, but it detached and sent me down about 15 feet onto a stopper. The fall was very clean, and I went right back for another go, this time dry hooking the region where the ice that detached was and pulled through to some nice tree anchors about 15 feet back.
On my first attempt, I sunk my tool into the ice on the top to make the final pull, but it detached and sent me down about 15 feet onto a stopper. The fall was very clean, and I went right back for another go, this time dry hooking the region where the ice that detached was and pulled through to some nice tree anchors about 15 feet back.
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