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Thor 

5.11+

   

FA: Bob D'Antonio
New Route: Yes
Type: Sport
Consensus: 5.11c [details]
Length: 1 pitch, 40 feet
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Submitted By: Ron Olsen on Oct 16, 2005


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BETA PHOTO: Thor climbs the steep face between Excalibur Direc...


Description 

Take the obvious line up the center of the face. A series of hard power moves past two bolts. Hard climbing for such a short pitch.


Protection 

A couple of clips will get you to the anchor.



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Bob cranking the hard moves past the first bolt.

Bob cranking the hard moves past the first bolt.

Bob D. working on what would be the <br />second pitch to THOR.  We could call it <br />VALHALLA for the time being (the hall of the <br />slain in Norse mythology, presided over by <br />Odin).  Photo by Richard Rossiter.

Bob D. working on what would be the
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By Tony B
From: Boulder, CO
May 21, 2007
rating: 5.11

I was going to downgrade this to 11-, but after ripping off the starting foothold, the crimp on the starting handhold, the second handhold, the undercling, and part of the edge of the fingerlock, I think it might be harder now.
I was scarcely able to hold on with each broken hold, and falling off that first foothold (can't clip before it) could have injured me pretty badly. I tried to clean up what was left of it (now 4" lower down) to avoid anyone else breaking their back falling 1/2 way on/off of the starting ledge.

As a result of my experience, my opinion of the route quality reflects the rock quality.