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All Locations > Idaho > Central Idaho > The Sawtooth Range > The Elephant's… > Direct Beckey (5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c)
Ridiculous stemming up the amazing corner on Pitch 5.
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Finger crack and off-width pitch just below the Becky tree.
Earl on p 2?
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Jeffrey Gagliano
Oct 26, 2015
“Ridiculous stemming up the amazing corner on Pitch 5.”  

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Composite photo showing bottom half of the route. Notice the white speck that is a climber.
Beckey would smile if he knew his original gear was still being used!
Starting up the 3rd pitch
Spectacular climbing just below the 'Becky Bolts'.
Elephant's Perch - SW Face, Right<br> <br> 14. The Thorn Bush 5.9 A3 <br> 13. Slipstream 5.10 A3 <br> 12. Hook & Ladder 5.9 A3 <br> 11. Direct Beckey 5.11a ** <br> 10. Original Beckey 5.11+, stemming pitch from Fine Line to Direct Beckey <br> 9. The Fine Line 5.11a *** <br> 9a. Fine Line Var. 5.8 A3 <br> 8. Lost Horizons 5.10 A2+ <br> 7. The Seagull 5.10 A3 <br> 6. King's Highway 5.9 A3
Pitch 7: The final pitch of the unrelenting first half of this astounding climb.
topo of Direct Beckey by Reid Dowdle, with some edits
We took the finger crack directly up and right from the Beckey tree. From here we followed nice cracks up and right until we came to a big ledge. We did simul climb a little bit on this as well. This put us below a big headwall where we climbed up and right from there. Seemed to be a great easy way to go for a top out.
Looking down P3, 10b. A short but fun pitch!
Looking up at the "death blocks". These blocks are more solid than they look, but still be careful climbing past them.
Finger crack and off-width pitch just below the Becky tree.
Ridiculous stemming up the amazing corner on Pitch 5.