Home - Destinations - People - Partners - Forum - Photos - What's New
 ADVANCED
The Mordor Wall
Show routes:
Select route...
Armaggedon 
Cecile 
Free Finale/Mordor Roof link-up 
Grand Finale 
Mordor Wall, The 

Grand Finale 

5.12b/c C2 R

   

FA: comeau/ross
Type: Trad, Aid
Consensus: 5.12b/c C2 [details]
Length: 400 feet
Views: 73 page views

Submitted By: john strand on Jul 14, 2008


Add Photo  Add Comment 

You and this route  |  Other Opinions (1)
Your todo list:
Your stars:
Your rating: -none- [change]
Your ticklist: [add new tick]
 Printer Friendly View

Description 

A companion to the Mordor Wall.P1 bolts and hooks up to a thin crack c2 (has been attempted free. may be the cliff's first 5.14)P2 WILD- move right along a thin seam(rp's)to some fixed stuff. down climb to the lip and traverse right to the safety of a small ledge 10+RR.P3two aid moves on dowels the start a sustained thin slab up to a small roof and Freak Out Ledge 5.12c ao P4 Aid up a crack or face climb out right to bolts and cool steep slab climbing to a ledge under Diagonal 5.11+ P5 up a bit the work left past fixed gear and the final runout slab to the top 5.11


Location 

30' right of Standard and 30.
' left of Mordor


Protection 

A lot is fixed- bring wires and some cams



Add Comment Comments on Grand Finale
Show which comments
By Paul Ross
Jul 30, 2008

Correction first ascent was by Paul Ross and Mike Hintz... no Comeau in sight

By john strand
Aug 3, 2008

I guess I got confused by Alain's winter attempt.