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Currey's Diagonal 

5.10b

   

FA: Unknown
Type: Trad
Consensus: 5.10 [details]
Length: 1 pitch
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Submitted By: Jesse Ryan on Jul 7, 2001


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John Langston leading: taken March 2001 by Stacy B...


Description 

Currey's Diagonal is the right-leaning crack with tree at 30 feet in the middle of the NW face of the Holdout. The crux comes in the layback moves with thin feet before reaching the tree. Handsized cracks and more layaways before the rap anchor. Eliminate the use of the tree as handhold to increase the pump! Technical and pumpy.


Protection 

Standard rack emphasizing the small (TCUs and RPs) and medium gear. Several fixed pins and small tree to sling on the route. 2 bolt rap anchor at the top.



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Ray Ellington in the evening alpenglow on Curreys Diagonal.

Ray Ellington in the evening alpenglow on Curreys ...

Mike Willig.

Mike Willig.


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By Chad Stebbins
Jul 3, 2002

Absolute must do in this area. Great and unique climb, very aesthetic. Two fixed pis in the thin section before the tree, the rest is gear.

By Anonymous Coward
Oct 21, 2002

This is really strange, just browsing this site, checking out a bunch of my favorites and what do I find? A picture of me half way up this climb. Stacy have you been stalking me again? John

By Craig Scariot
Jul 14, 2004

As of 7-14-04 the hangers were missing from the anchor bolts. Same with many, if not all, climbs on Holdout. Unknown at this point as to why.

By willem
Sep 15, 2004

As of last weekend. Two nice chains at the anchor. I am glad I didnt' have the fortune of the ascentionist in the previous comments!

By Stephen Marsh
From: Golden, CO
Oct 4, 2007

This is a lot trickier than it looks from the ground. If you're not solid on 10s, then you better not mind a swinging fall if you blow it getting to the tree. Not dangerous just exciting. I almost blew it grabbing for the tree, then I gave it a big hug. Props to anyone who can sling that and keep going w/o using it! The climbing keeps your attention even after the tree. And the very last section is kinda strange. A unique Vedauwoo classic.

By Dave Bohn aka "Old Fart"
Jan 6, 2009
rating: 5.10b/c

Who was Currey ? I'm sure in my vast collection of moth eaten guidebooks dating back to '72 when I first started climbing at the 'Woo, if they're still readable, buried in my crawlspace, there is the info.

Meanwhile, who got the FFA? I'm sure Layne's book had the info, but I can't find it in my bookcase.

I vividly recall my onsight lead of it back in '76, just after leading "Finally" when our "crew" from CSU spent a weekend prior to the start of my last fall semester there.