Double Cross 5.8
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| Type: | Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.8 [details] |
| FA: | Les Ellison, Carl Buckland, 1982 |
| Submitted By: | Nathan Fisher on Aug 19, 2001 |
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BETA PHOTO: 1) Double Cross 2) Go For the Roses
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Description This is the lowest of all the Watchtower routes. It climbs a right facing, right leaning crack, and finishes with an off-width almost squeeze chimney. This climb protects well, but messes with your balance all the way up. Easy walk-off.
Protection Bring medium gear for the main crack, and a large piece. I used a hex, for the exit crack.
BETA PHOTO: W/o lines
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BETA PHOTO: Start is potentially dangerous. A lot of people ge...
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By Steve Allison
Sep 28, 2004
rating: 5.8
| Shot but tough. Deceptively Dangerous Beginning. We top roped Double Cross by tying into the base of the tree at the top. (Walk up is immediately to the right up trail.)Webbing slung down into the exit crack where the rope began. The bulge at the beginning is fun to get over but dangereous unless you can get protection above it. But by the time you do that you're over it. Easy to slip backward off bulge and pancake on deck. It looks easier than it is. The bottom 1/3 of the crack is rounded out. The more you grab it the more you slip out. Opposed right leg stretched out finally got me over the bulge. |
By Arie
From: Smog Lake City, Utah
Jun 1, 2008
rating: 5.8
| Definitely a solid climb- solid for its grade, solid gear, and mostly solid holds- save some solid fuel for the exit- it can be a humid pump. |
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