variation to Mail Ridge 5.10b/c
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| Type: | Trad, TR, 1 pitch |
| Consensus: | 5.10c [details] |
| FA: | Woodruff and Brad Gilbert, 1974 |
| Submitted By: | Leo Paik on Nov 24, 2001 |
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Lenny protecting the crux.
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Description Wow! What a great, little, hidden gem. Just right of Hyperspace Roundup and left of Mail Ridge's 1st pitch is a great little 110' pitch connecting 3 cracks successively left of the last. 3 cruxes (somewhat strenuous) at 10b/c, 8+, 8+. Little alcove protected from some wind at the base. Goes up directly to a tree with slings and a ring. No star in either Rossiter guide, but it's a diamond in the rough.
FWIW, it felt much easier than Super Slab, Art's Spar, Tagger, Krystal Klyr, for comparison purposes.
Protection Standard Eldo rack.
Brian approaching the crux.
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Placing gear for the first crux.
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At what we found to be the second crux. It eases ...
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| Comments on variation to Mail Ridge |
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By Ivan Rezucha
From: Boulder, CO
Feb 16, 2003
| This IS very nice. It should have a name. How about Special Delivery, keeping the mail theme?
I thought it was quite hard. I stopped halfway through the overhang with my hand on the bucket and tried to place a cam. I ended up lowering to the ground 4 times getting the gear in.
You can rap after the hard stuff from 2 bolts on the left, but the steep corner above is very nice. I was very tired by then, so it felt hard, but 8+ might be right as Leo says. Above that is easier for a while to a fun bulge. We angled left from there through the red band, past trees to finish on Lightning Crack. |
By S. Kimball
Feb 19, 2003
| How about calling it "Going Postal"...obviously they lost their marbles labeling it 5.10b/c. Ivan, I got licked on this one too! Stamp it 5.10+ then send it.... |
By david goldstein
May 13, 2006
| One move wonder. Did this immed. after HC Direct and before Zip Code and found both those routes superior. |
By Shane Zentner
From: Colorado
Dec 11, 2008
| This variation felt 5.10+++ in my opinion. I remember protecting the crux with a #0.5 Camalot and falling. |
By Tony B
From: Around Boulder, CO
Dec 13, 2008
rating: 5.10c
| I bet it has a name, and I bet Levine knows it, which is to say, I suspect that it will be in the next book. Steve??? |
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