Sublime Vision M7-8
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| Type: | Trad, Mixed, 6 pitches, 800 feet, Grade IV |
| Consensus: | M7-8 [details] |
| FA: | Josh Wharton and Steve Su |
| New Route: | Yes |
| Season: | Winter and Spring |
| Submitted By: | j wharton on Apr 27, 2011 |
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Description I think this is the best mixed route I've done in the park. It has it all, techy, steep, shortish approach, you name it. It's also likely the most sustained, with a hard second pitch crux.
Difficulty on the middle portion of the route will vary greatly depending on the amount of ice, but I think it's alway climable. Spring probably yields the most ice.
Begin on The Sublime Buttress. After the first two pitches (cool frozen hummocks on P1, and very pumpy trad m-ing on P2), traverse a ledge left to join Tunnel Vision. Climb Tunnel Vision to the base of the tunnel pitch (2.5 pitches, M5ish), and move out right to the base of the big steep, left-facing system. Two pitches of engaging M6 to the top.
We rapped the route with two 60 meter ropes.
Location This begins on the summer rock route "Sublime Buttress." Its location described elsewhere on Mtn Project.
Protection A single set of stoppers, a single set of cams, with extra fingers to hands,and perhaps a screw or two.
| Comments on Sublime Vision |
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By Ryan Jennings
Apr 29, 2011
| Nice, Josh. Any photos? Did you go out the roof? |
By j wharton
Apr 29, 2011
| Yes, we climbed the roof on pitch two of Sublime Buttress, which is the crux of the route. If you climbed it on a warm, sunny day and could use your hands to jam, it would probably be a bit easier. Was very wintery when Steve and I climbed. Steve took some photos of the upper corner. Hope you go climb it! Be great right now, since we removed a lot of snow. |
By blakeherrington
May 1, 2011
| Josh, does this follow the whole "Sublime Buttress" summer rock climb? or veer left into the corner system? Nice job to you and Steve! |
By j wharton
May 1, 2011
| Blake, it does not climb the entire Sublime Buttress, just the first two pitches. Then left across a ledge (from a tree belay) to join Tunnel Vision for 2.5 pitches. Then right for 2 more pitches up a steep, left-facing corner. Hope you've been well! |
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