Home - Destinations - People - Partners - Forum - Photos - What's New
 ADVANCED
The Bihedral
Show routes:
Select route...
A Fly in the Ointment 
AHR 
Bihedral 
Bihedral Arete 
Case of the Fags 
Crack Variation 
Dan's Line 
Dihedral Variation 
Edge of Reality 
Flags of Our Fathers 
Flesh Eating Flies 
Heterohedral 
Hold The Line 
Pariah 
Puff Daddy 
Rhodian Shores 
Rhodian, Naturally 
Sands of Iwo Jima 
Thumb Tack 
Tool King 
Where's Ray? 

Heterohedral 

5.9

   

FA: B. Hanson, A. Bradley, D. Hare, 1979
Type: Trad
Consensus: 5.9- [details]
Length: 2 pitches, 200 feet
Views: 271 page views

Submitted By: Leo Paik on May 19, 2003


Add Photo  Add Comment 
You and this route  |  Other Opinions (2)
Your todo list:
Your stars:
Your rating: -none- [change]
Your ticklist: [add new tick]
 Printer Friendly View

BETA PHOTO: This photo shows the lines of the trad routes Hete...


Description 

A moderately interesting alternative to the Bihedral.

Scramble up to the same ledge where the Bihedral starts.

Find a R-facing dihedral system about 100 feet L of the obvious L-facing dihedral of The Bihedral and just R of Edge of Reality.

P1. Angle up & R along this dihedral system. It can be moist with recent rains. Pass a small roof on its R and find a ledge. Belay.

P2. Angle up and R along a small, R-facing dihedral to face climbing to below a crack. Fire up a crack in black-lichen covered rock with slightly tricky jams and top out just L of the finish of the Bihedral.


Protection 

Standard rack to a #4 Friend.



Add Photo Photos of Heterohedral
Selected routes on the upper tier of the Bihedral.<br /><br />Legend:<br />red dot - bolt anchor<br />green dot - gear anchor<br /><br />1. Tool King, 8, 1p, bolts & gear.<br />2. Edge of Reality, 12a, 1p, bolts.<br />3. Heterohedral, 9, 2p, gear.<br />4. Dan's Line, 8, 1p, bolts.<br />5. Hold The Line, 9, 1p, bolts & gear.<br />6. Rhodian Shores, 10, 1p, bolts.<br />7. Bihedral Route, 8+, 2p, gear.<br />8. Bihedral Arete, 10a, 2p, bolts & gear.<br />9. Where's Ray?, 8+, 1p, bolts.<br />10. Flags of Our Fathers, 10, 3p, bolts & gear.<br />11. Puff Daddy, 10, 1p, bolts & gear.

BETA PHOTO: Selected routes on the upper tier of the Bihedral....

Approach to routes on the upper tier of the Bihedral.<br /><br />Follow the approach trail up the hill until it cuts right toward the rock at a flat area. Spot a cairn by a big pine tree close to the rock. Head right, past the tree and around a rock rib. Climb the rock, mostly easy with a short 4th-class section, up to the upper tier.

BETA PHOTO: Approach to routes on the upper tier of the Bihedr...


Add Comment Comments on Heterohedral
Show which comments —
By Tony Bubb
From: Boulder, CO
Jun 20, 2005
rating: 5.9-

Not a bad route, but a little lichen at the botton and a little choss at the top. As well, it stays wet after a rain for quite some time, as the crack/overlap leaks water.

Can be done in 1 long pitch with a 70M and probably with a 60M at well. I'd take an extra #3 Camalot (3.5" piece) to avoid much swing potential or walking gear too much, and a lot of longer slings and do it in just 1 pitch.