Minas Tireth 5.10a
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| Type: | Sport, 1 pitch, 60 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.10- [details] |
| FA: | Richard Rossiter, 2005 |
| Submitted By: | Ivan Rezucha on Mar 31, 2004 |
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BETA PHOTO: Minas Tirith. Start with Road to Isengard, then b...
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Description This is a short route that climbs an arete and a roof between Road to Isengard and Lothlorien. About 15' of hard climbing on slightly crumbly rock. Start in the same spot as for Road to Isengard. Move up and right to a slab. It's a long way to the first bolt, but the climbing is easy. You might want to clip the first bolt on Road to Isengard and then move right. Clip two bolts on the slab and continue up to a steep headwall. Work up the left arete and move right onto a slab below the roof (crux). Clip the last bolt above the roof and turn the roof on the right. The 2-bolt anchor is just above.
Protection 6 bolts to a 2-bolt anchor with rings.
Dave getting the onsight!!!
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By Cisco Apr 3, 2004
| I climbed this last week and to me it felt a lot easier than 10c, maybe 10a. |
By Jake Wyatt From: Longmont, CO Jul 4, 2004
| The interesting move over the roof merits a star. |
By Ron Olsen From: Boulder, CO Jul 13, 2004 rating: 5.10a
| The crux is moving right onto the slab under the roof; turning the roof past the final bolt is much easier. Beta: there's a good hold on the left edge of the roof; you just have to work high enough to reach it. When you lower, leave the last bolt below the roof clipped if your partner is top-roping. This will keep the rope from running across a sharp edge on the roof should your partner fall at the crux. |
By Gary Schmidt From: Boulder, CO Jul 20, 2007
| Actually a fun little climb. And for what it is worth, I found the route probably also goes around 5.10a by staying on the left arete and up over the overhang. |
By percious From: Bear Creek, CO May 31, 2008 rating: 5.10a
| Sort and suite. Very sequency at the crux. |
By Robby Cribbs From: Boulder, CO May 15, 2009
| Crux is very well protected. Try the toe hook under the ledge to move into the crux move. Although it wasn't a tall climb, it was definitely a fun one. |
By Joshua Kaiser From: Boulder, CO Aug 27, 2010
| Beware of loose rock. A couple climbing this last night went a little further right than the route was intended and pulled down a pretty decent chunk of granite. Scared the @#$! out of me, but nobody was hurt. |
By Paul-B Aug 11, 2012 rating: 5.10-
| Fun route, but it really seemed to be a one (2?) move wonder. The roof is sequency and challenging, if you use the holds on the left face. I thought it was 10a, unfortunately, the rest of the climb is an easy 8 or less. |
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