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DescriptionThis face offers some exceptional climbs including "Grand Illusion". Getting ThereHead up and right from the base of the rock. The ClassicsMountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for East Face:
Harding's Chimney 5.7 Trad, 435 feet
Scheister 5.7 Trad, 3 pitches, 300 feet
Lurch 5.8 Trad
Morticia 5.9 Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet
Farley 5.9 Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet
Dominion 5.10a Trad, 1 pitch, 120 feet
Blue Velvet 5.10c Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 100 feet
The Fracture 5.10d Trad
Taurus 5.11b Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet
Grand Illusion 5.13b Trad
Featured Route For East Face
 Originally this climb was the third pitch of "The Fracture" and climbed on aid, but in 1979, Tony Yaniro freed this demanding route producing what at the time was the hardest climb in the world.There has been some controversy as to what was the first 5.13. This was climbed in 1979, and recorded as the first 5.13. Yosemite's "Phoenix" was climbed in 1977 which would make that the first 5.13. Whatever!This starts in an alcove and the route is obvio...[more] Browse More Classics in CA |
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