Will starting up Pitch 1 of Rattletale. The route is a bit dirty and moist for the first 50 feet, then offers excellent, clean climbing for the rest of the route.

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Will starting up Pitch 1 of Rattletale. The route is a bit dirty and moist for the first 50 feet, then offers excellent, clean climbing for the rest of the route.

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Offwidth on the left side of the Pitch 3 chimney. There aren't many offwidths at Index, and this one is particularly clean and has an easy toprope, so why not? Felt 10+ or so. Don't climb it in shorts or a t-shirt.

Offwidth on the left side of the Pitch 3 chimney. There aren't many offwidths at Index, and this one is particularly clean and has an easy toprope, so why not? Felt 10+ or so. Don't climb it in shorts or a t-shirt.

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Steph Abegg

Apr 30, 2016

“Will starting up Pitch 1 of Rattletale. The route is a bit dirty and moist for the first 50 feet, then offers excellent, clean climbing for the rest of the route.”

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Pitch 3 of Rattletale

Lisa leading Pitch 3, RattleTale. This route is uber awesome crack climbing! It may be 10B in a few spots, but there is always a great jam, and you can totally sew it up. I'm just barely a 5.9 Index climber and I can lead all the pitches, give or take a hang or two. It deserves much more traffic than it gets. It's safer than Godzilla, and much better climbing.

Rattletale P2

Lisa following pitch 2 of Rattletale

Splitter hand-to-wide-hand crack on Pitch 2 of Rattletale.

Rattletale P1

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Nik leading pitch two of Rattletale

Nik leading pitch two of Rattletale

seth hobby on second pitch just perfect hand crack of tattletale. short, yes. awesome, yes. shot in 2008 i think. photo by bissell hazen

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stemming P3

Will stemming Pitch 3 of Rattletale.

Bryan Battles enjoying the perfect P2 crack

showing the end of P1 and the splitter crack of P2

Fletch on pitch 2 of RattleTale

Ryan on the second pitch of Rattletale

Deanna Molenda sewing up p3, lol

Splitter hands on pitch 2.

Upper half of Pitch 1 of Rattletale.

Nik leading pitch three of Rattletale

Nik leading pitch two of Rattletale

Tony TR'ing the OW/chimney on pitch three of Rattletale

Tony on pitch three of Rattletale

Offwidth on the left side of the Pitch 3 chimney. There aren't many offwidths at Index, and this one is particularly clean and has an easy toprope, so why not? Felt 10+ or so. Don't climb it in shorts or a t-shirt.

Will starting up Pitch 1 of Rattletale. The route is a bit dirty and moist for the first 50 feet, then offers excellent, clean climbing for the rest of the route.

Offwidth on the left side of the Pitch 3 chimney. There aren't many offwidths at Index, and this one is particularly clean and has an easy toprope, so why not? Felt 10+ or so. Don't climb it in shorts or a t-shirt.

Start of Pitch 1. Much drier than when I climbed it in the spring.

Mike coming off P3, good reference for how steep it actually is.

Pitch 3 of Rattletale (10b).

Will stemming Pitch 3 of Rattletale.

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