Wiretap 5.10c PG13
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| Type: | Trad, Alpine, 1 pitch, 130 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.10c [details] |
| FA: | ? |
| Submitted By: | Matthias Lang on Aug 18, 2012 |
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Description Technical climbing gets you past a not so good looking pin to a button-head bolt. Pro comes from thin cams in horizontals. I found the crux to be right after the bolt. The following bulge is easier that it looks. After this you follow a flaring grove towards the roof and step right just before you reach it. I found this part very heady. The guidebook calls the pro tricky, but it's not just hard to spot, but also just not that good IMO. While this part is easier than the start there are some 10- moves above not-as-good-as-you-want-it pro.
Location left of Cloak and Dagger. Starts on top of the rock pile under the pin in the horizontal.
Protection 2 sets of cams to #.75 c4, singles up to #3 c4. One #5.
By Matthias Lang From: Albuquerque Aug 18, 2012
| Was pretty scary for me. Did not bring along anything bigger that a #3 and remember cursing at least at two spots where a bigger cam would have fit into the grove. Next time i bring along 2 #4 and 1 #5 and figure out on rappel which ones to use. But I do think even with the bigger pieces this deserves a PG13 rating. Besides the mental part I also found it technically harder than Skinwalker, but not quite as good. |
By Williampenner From: The 505 Aug 19, 2012
| Small edit--the route name is Wiretap rather than Wiretrap. Good job on the lead Matthias...the first time up Wiretap is quite exciting. |
By Matthias Lang From: Albuquerque Aug 19, 2012
| Damn, you're right! For some reason I always read Wiretrap in the guide book. Thanks. |
By Mick S From: Sandia Park, NM Aug 20, 2012
| I never thought that big pro in the upper flaring groove would actually hold a fall (where you really needed it). Sparse small pro, but what you get is good. Heads-up lead, I have always been more concerned at the bottom since it's pumpy, and you are close to the ground. The pin in the horizontal will likely hold at least one fall, I was always pleased when I got the cam in the next horizontal, it's bomber. The button head above that, well that's a different story ... |
By Matthias Lang From: Albuquerque Sep 29, 2012
| TR'd it today. Have to say the pro at the upper crux is better than I remembered. And Mick is right, big pro won't fit high up where it's hard, but there is a great spot a little lower for a #5 c4, where nothing else will work. |
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