Grand Funk Railroad 5.9-
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| Type: | Trad, 5 pitches, 600 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.9 [details] |
| FA: | Bob Mitchell, Will Fulton - 1971 |
| Submitted By: | nbrown on Nov 27, 2008 |
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A pair of climbers finish P4 of Grand Funk Railroa...
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Description This is one of the most historic and classic routes at Stone Mountain. It was the first route to follow a "line" of a different sort. Instead of following a crack, it follows a dike feature that runs somewhere in the range of 600'.
P-1 Climb the face on good edges and smears to a bowl at the first bolt. Move right across a long slab traverse to the "railroad" dikes, and follow these past another bolt to the belay. Optional 5.10R/X climbs straight up past the first bolt.
P-2 Roughly follow the dike feature past two bolts to a weird traverse through a water streak to a good ledge and belay.
P-3 Friction a short ways to gain the dike again, and sling horns for pro. Continue up to a bolted belay on a small ledge.
P-4-6 Continue up the dike to the top. The last belay is located atop some large flakes.
Note: It is very reasonable to simulclimb the upper half of this route, or just combine pitches.
Location At right end of the main area, on top of a little knoll. The start is marked by a water streak and tiny flared crack/seams.
Protection Light rack
1st pitch of Grand Funk Railroad.
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Getting ready to follow the second pitch. Great fe...
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G-man following pitch 2 on a perfect fall day
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Leading the 3rd pitch
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BETA PHOTO: Richard leads pitch 2
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| Comments on Grand Funk Railroad |
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By mbuntaine
From: Durham, NC
Oct 26, 2009
rating: 5.9 PG13
| By light rack, it really means light rack. We ended up taking a bunch of gear that we never used for this climb. No gear placements on P1, P2, P3 (other than slung horns), P6. I think we got in one .4 on P4 and one #1 of P5. It's really not worth hauling a light rack -- maybe a couple of small cams at most. There were a couple of tri-cam pockets on the upper pitches, but of course we left these on the ground and substituted a bunch of useless nuts.
Careful on P3, there are some LARGE, loose flakes. Wouldn't want to send a 100-pound razor sharp flake down on your belayer.
The P1 traverse is pretty spicy, so make sure your belayer picks their path into the woods for a running belay. |
By Mike Holley
From: Boone, NC
Oct 18, 2011
| Choo Choo, its Grand Funk Railroad calling your name!!! Beautiful feature trends left across a huge swath of the cliff face so you get a taste of a lot of different terrain. Great sticky rubber slabbing, some vertical featured climbing as well as some killer water groove climbing.Pretty much bring draws, slings (for some gnarly chicken heads) and a couple small cams and tricams for the loftier pitches, keep it minimalistic though it doesn't take much.
Don't forget to bring tons of water on this climb and perhaps a snack or two because this route is a drawn out affair. |
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