Giddah!  5.6

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Type:  Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet Consensus:  5.6 [details] FA:  Dave Craft and Dick Williams, 1965 Submitted By:  JSH on Oct 29, 2011 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (6) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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Description 

Giddah is a perfectly enjoyable pitch of 5.6, even appropriate for a first lead at that grade. It's not on the well-beaten path of routes, so you'll likely find it open. The moves up to and around the white section of rock are an interesting puzzle, and you'll be glad you worked it out.

Step to the left side of the ledge and up into a shallow left-facing corner. Move up and right over a bulge/hang into the very nice right-facing layback. From there meander up and left to the tree (rings). Rap in one rope.

Some care should be taken to avoid rope drag, but it's not terrible.

Location 

About 40' left of the arete of Moxie, look for a section of tight-white rock with a bulge-y layback. This is Giddah. Start from a ledge just above the trail.

Protection 

The first pitch is very well-protected 5.6. Dick's latest guide lists the route as 'R' for its upper pitches.