Go-Deok Wei Gil, 고독의길
5.7 YDS 5a French 15 Ewbanks V+ UIAA 13 ZA MVS 4b British
Avg: 2.7 from 10 votes
Type: | Trad, 500 ft (152 m), 8 pitches, Grade II |
FA: | unknown |
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Shared By: | Nate D on Sep 3, 2016 |
Admins: | Chan Kim |
Description
This route is an 8 pitch (with some walking in between pitches) trad route on the east side of InsuBong in Bukhansan National park, South Korea.
The route is very moderate and has tons of great pro placement, so it is a good introduction to multi-pitch rock climbing.
Every pitched out section is about a 5.6
There is a cave which has some annoying boulders you have to navigate which is hard with a pack on .
Oddly enough, the hardest part of the climb is this 10-15 foot slab just below the summit. There are no anchors, no bolts, no places for pro. You just have to solo it to summit. There are some tiiiiny foot and handholds scraped into the rock in just few enough places to make it awkward. To top it off, the slab is practically polished and greased from the huge amount of traffic that comes up the route. Its sketchy because if you fall, it will be a scrape fest all the way down to to some uneven rocks with significant ankle damage potential. You will want some partners to physically spot you on this portion of the route. Not super serious, certainly doesn’t warrant a PG-13 or anything.
After that, the far side of the summit offers a rope-assisted walk down to a single rappel station where a double-rope 60m rappel should reach the bottom. Use the farthest right rappel station. If you go left, double 60m ropes may not be enough. I would not advise trying the rappel with anything less than 2x60m ropes. I have no idea if any intermediate anchors exist, and it is a sheer cliff.
Location
Protection
However if you are planning on protecting this climb to gain trad experience, warm back up after a hiatus from trad climbing, or any other number of good reasons to fully protect each pitch, bring a set of cams, .3 through 2 were used the most, with doubles in .75-2, and there were a couple places were smaller and larger would work. Brought nuts, never used them. Usually used a 60cm sling on each cam, many route wander. Pitch 4 is a straight line zipper though.
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