Trenker  5.7

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Type:  Trad, Alpine, 6 pitches, 590 feet Consensus:  5.7+ [details] FA:  Luis Trenker, Hans Pescota. 1913 Season:  Summer Submitted By:  eDixon on May 25, 2007 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (7) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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Description 

This route ascends a large groove on the south-west corner of the tower.

Pitch 1 - After scrambling up some rock steps, climb up the prominent corner/groove to the right of the south face. (40m)

Pitch 2 - The "Trenker Crack". Stem up the polished corner with a wide crack/chimney in it. (40m)

Pitch 3 - More easy climbing up the corner system. (40m)

Pitch 4 - Follow the broken crack up to the end of the corner. (30m)

Pitch 5 - Traverse right out of the corner system to the base of a chimney. (20m)

Pitch 6 - Climb up the chimney to the top of the formation. (40m)

Descent - Climb down into the notch between First and Second Sella Towers. Descend some well marked grooves. Then head down and right to a path that returns to Sella Pass.

Location 

The route climbs the south-west corner of First Sella Tower. Start just to the right of the large south face.

Protection 

There are some pins on the route. Also bring a rack of nuts and some slings.

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Leading the polished misery that is pitch 2 of Tre...	BETA PHOTO: The route ascends the obvious corner left of cente...	Brandon follows the slippery crux. Jugs all arou...