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The Confessional 

5.6

   

FA: Unknown
Type: Trad, TR
Consensus: 5.6 [details]
Length: 1 pitch, 50 feet
Views: 816 page views

Submitted By: Eric Jacobsen on May 31, 2001


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Starting the lead.


Description 

Climb the big chimney just to the left of Extreme Unction. Walk around the first big wall of the Watchtower back into the corner. You can stay out on the face or wedge yourself way into the chimney.


Protection 

I top-roped this route from the top of Extreme Unction. It's a great chimney with lots of cracks and seams for trad pro as well.



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Confessional W/o lines

BETA PHOTO: Confessional W/o lines

1) Extreme Unction  2) The Confessional  3)  Broken Serenity  4)  Garden of Eden  5)  Beef Jerky

BETA PHOTO: 1) Extreme Unction 2) The Confessional 3) Broke...

16. Confessional 5.6 and 14. Extreme Unction 5.10a in Ferguson Canyon

BETA PHOTO: 16. Confessional 5.6 and 14. Extreme Unction 5.10a...

Butt shot.

Butt shot.

Going through the hole is the crux.

Going through the hole is the crux.

Not a butt shot.

Not a butt shot.

Just passed the crux.

Just passed the crux.


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By Boissal
From: UT
Aug 10, 2009
CONDITION REPORT 

Someone X-ed the chokestone on this line, implying that it is loose?
If it's true someone is probably going to die and the start of Unction will be considerably easier...

By Nathan Fisher
Aug 15, 2004
rating: 5.6

Not a bad chimney. I went behind the chockstone. Oh, and it protects very well.

By Michael MacFadden
Sep 16, 2007

This is a great first chimney climb. Its easy and pretty fun if you haven't every done a chimney before. You can definitely TR of the extreme unction anchors, but expect a lot of rope drag. Also lowering some one on belay back behind the chock stone at the start is interesting, but not to bad.