Penelope's Walk 5.5
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| Type: | Trad, 1 pitch, 90 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.6 [details] |
| FA: | John Wolfe, Dick Webster & Woody Stark, April 1969 |
| Submitted By: | Bill Rusk on Feb 17, 2008 |
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Description Go up a left diagonal crack when that crack dwindles choose the path of least resistance and continue up left until you get to a cave. Move up at to the left of the cave to where it joins Are We Ourselves. Pull the final (crux) move to the top.
Watch out for loose rock. Some of the slab is pretty loose.
Reference: Vogel, Randy. (2006). Rock Climbing Joshua Tree West. Falcon Publishing. A great resource.
Location About 30 feet right of Spaghetti & Chili on the southwest face of Cyclops Rock.
Protection To 2.5 inches; two bolt anchor/rap on top. As of January 2008 one hanger on the rap anchor was very loose. I suggest walking off to northeast.
| Comments on Penelope's Walk |
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By Gary Schenk
Mar 12, 2008
| Nasty climb, and the crux at the top sure ain't 5.4! |
By Adam Stackhouse
Administrator
Mar 12, 2008
| Why is it a bomb? And doesn't it finish on Spaghetti and Chili? 5.7? |
By C Miller
Administrator
Dec 2, 2009
rating: 5.5
| Not as a bad as the description suggests and the top bit is actually quite fun. |
By Pete Johnston
Jan 3, 2010
| I consider this a very good route. I usually do it in two pitches to show the beginer a nice airy semi-hanging belay. Has a classic 5.5 hand jam finish through a steep section. Really a fun route, for the experienced leader. Note: vogel book topo/picture is completely wrong, however the write up is correct. |
By Drederek
Mar 2, 2010
rating: 5.5
| First pitch I ever led at JT, it was a great intro to all the quirkiness of climbing here. |
By Nelson Day
From: Victorville, CA
Mar 25, 2012
rating: 5.7+
| Well, definitely not 5.5. But exactly what to rate it I'm not sure. My wife followed this route, and she is solid on 5.8 most of the time. She fell once on the route, and was pretty scared pulling through the last few jams over the overhanging top out. I think I would give it a 5.8, but to be "consistent" with the rest of j-tree, 5.7+. I don't think the authors of the guide books I use climbed it, but who would blame them? |
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