J. Howland climbing, Matt Hern speaking in tongues...
Description
Outstanding pitch anywhere but all the more so in the ORG because fairly unusual -- 125 feet of mixed-sized crack climbing, though face-holds abound when/where you need them. Descend on single rope rap. to Giveaway anchors, then another to ground.
Location
Furthest to the right on Gorgeous Towers; starts with obvious crack.
Years ago while out climbing I asked Marty Lewis about this (Whacked Scenario. Pretty much the old standard, "hey what's with this bolted crack, I know you and Kevin have gear...."
The reply went something like this. People hike in and out of the gorge every day for sport climbing and if they had left the line for gear it would never get done.
As much as I like gear routes and mixed gear/bolted routes I've found myself thinking about that conversation many times. With all the routes that are available in the gorge, I think that Marty is correct. The masses won't hump a rack down.
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