Gripper 

FA:  Jim Bridwell, Bruce Kumph & Mark Klemens 8/70 Type:  Trad Consensus:  5.10b [details] Length:  3 pitches, 300 feet Season:  All year around Views: 279 page views Submitted By: Darko Sarenac on Sep 14, 2007 Add Photo  Add Comment

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Description 

Pitch 1. This pitch is the business. Climb the flare that ends with a hardish (.9) move to a sloping ledge, enter the chimney with some difficulty, move right from the chimney to a thin hand to fingers corner. This exit goes at 10b, but what really gets you is the physical climbing below. Belay at the tree. Pitch 2. Climb some 50 feet to a ledge where you can see a hand crack about 15 feet to the right. Pitch 3 is one of the best 5.9 hand cracks in the Valley. A true jewel.

Location 

Start about 30 or so feet to the right of Midterm.

Rappel the route or walk off (rather tricky).

Protection 

Standard Valley rack with emphasis on thin hands.