By Paul Davidson Apr 11, 2008
| FA - Paul Davidson, Tim Coats (or was it Haisley ?)
Was done right after a summer monsoon.
This was an excellent route, and pretty clean. Sounds like the above description might have been off route because it was a clean corner and arete all the way up. I think there might have been one bush at the top but nothing as described above.
There is a climb to the right that goes through a bulge and into grungier ground. It's the crack up the middle of the flat face. Fresh Air goes left to the arete.
More likely, the Overlook is being damaged by the same issue as at the Forks. All the rappel traffic around the top has created a lot of erosion leading to the climbs being scrubbed by dirt when it rains.
I just don't get this rappel ethic. It's a 5 minute walk to the west.
Why are we treating classic trad areas like sport ones ? Why are so many parties rapping when trivial walk downs are available. Sure, you might have to do some trail maintenance on the east side of the walk down but in 30+ years, it hasn't really changed all that much. |