All Locations >
Washington
> Central Region
> Frenchman Coule…
> Echo Basin
> Sunshine Wall
> (e) Near End (aka Twi…
Painted Black
5.11b YDS 6c French 23 Ewbanks VIII- UIAA 23 ZA E3 5c British PG13
Avg: 1 from 3 votes
Type: | Trad, 100 ft (30 m) |
FA: | Bill Robins, Paul Certa, 8/1989 |
Page Views: | 1,131 total · 11/month |
Shared By: | Geoff Georges on Mar 9, 2016 |
Admins: | Jon Nelson, Micah Klesick, Zachary Winters |
Your To-Do List:
Add To-Do ·
Use onX Backcountry to explore the terrain in 3D, view recent satellite imagery, and more. Now available in onX Backcountry Mobile apps! For more information see this post.
Description
The Yoder description lured me into trying this. He calls this " a potential area classic". I am always up for an adventure, and this was a wild adventure, good thing there was no belayer or anyone below because every hold I tried came off in my hands. The edge of the crack crumbled off when I attempted to finger lock or hand jam.I used both cracks most of the way up, and I guess Bill and Paul used the right side crack which was less loose but still very dirty. On a positive note, there was no pidgin shit because it was too thin.
The route description says climb the thin crack on the right side, switch 2/3 the way up. I did that and also the left side crack all the way up. There was much dirt streaming out and toaster oven size blocks coming off.
Still might be an area classic some day.
I did some more cleaning on this 11/15/17. I am sad to say that it is not much better, keeps exfoliating.
STAY AWAY FOR NOW, STILL LOOSE AND DIRTY
The route description says climb the thin crack on the right side, switch 2/3 the way up. I did that and also the left side crack all the way up. There was much dirt streaming out and toaster oven size blocks coming off.
Still might be an area classic some day.
I did some more cleaning on this 11/15/17. I am sad to say that it is not much better, keeps exfoliating.
STAY AWAY FOR NOW, STILL LOOSE AND DIRTY
2 Comments