BETA PHOTO: This is the best protected pitch of what the guide...
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This description is meant to supplement the Lambert/Shull guide. Ratings & pitch lengths are from the book.
p1: 5.8 160' This is the best protected pitch of what the guidebook calls the best protected climb at Stone Mtn. It was by far the most interesting for me. The cheese grater swing potential on this pitch is a bit heady if you're not used to leading on granite. Double ropes *really* minimized rope drag. I can't remember what I placed in the begining- prolly .5 & .75 C4's & something small... see a fuzzy close up at http://duncanhome.bounceme.net:8081/Pictures/NC_TripNov2006/>>>>>
p2: 5.8 120'
p3: 5.8 150'
p4: 5.7 165'
p5: easy 5th class 165'
Descent: the book might be kinda off in its descent description/picture. I wanted to go off the SW shoulder (as the book indicated) but my partner was convinced there was no trail there. He may have been right, after double checking with http://www.ils.unc.edu/parkproject/visit/stmo/stmo.jpg later on. We ended up finding a trail after going east upon topping out. Whatever color the blaze was, it was different than what the book said. The we followed that to the base of the rock and stuck close to the base til we got to our packs.
We also got locked in behind the gate (which closes at 6pm -in Nov-) We had to endure a useless lecture from a windbag ranger even though we were 30 mins late.
Stone Mountain South Face
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