Frigga  5.7+

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Type:  TR, 1 pitch, 40 feet Consensus:  5.8- [details] FA:  Unknown -- probably Stewart Green and/or Brian Shelton Submitted By:  Rich F. on Jan 1, 2009 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (22) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

BETA PHOTO: Rich top-ropes Frigga. Photo by Dan F.

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Description 

This is the top-rope route immediately right of El Sol.

The bottom one-third is almost pure friction climbing on some pretty slick sandstone. It is listed in Stewart Green's Red Rock guidebook as 5.7, but I thought the bottom third of Frigga was definitely tougher than anything on Helios (5.7+) which is two routes left. It is worth a climb after doing El Sol.

Location 

This line goes to the farthest right anchors on Solar Slab.

Climb El Sol, then once on top traverse right 15 feet from El Sol anchors to set the top-rope on the two Frigga anchors.

I recommend buying Stewart Green's Red Rocks Guidebook at Garden of the God's visitor's center for complete Red Rocks route descriptions/locations.

Protection 

2-bolt anchor at top, but no protection beneath.

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Dana on Frigga.	Josiah O'Neal smearing up Frigga (5.7 TR) on the S...	Jackie Paik solving the crux move. (Camera angle ...