Norwegian Wood
5.9 YDS 5c French 17 Ewbanks VI UIAA 17 ZA HVS 5a British
Type: | Trad, 90 ft (27 m) |
FA: | Dag Kolsrud, Trond Ornhei & Hank Levine, December 1978 |
Page Views: | 4,631 total · 16/month |
Shared By: | C Miller on Dec 31, 2001 |
Admins: | Greg Opland, Mike Morley, C Miller, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer Ski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes, Gunkswest |
1. Vegetation is not allowed to be used as an anchor.
2. Only neutral or rock colored bolt hangers are allowed.
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Description
This long and varied route, first climbed by a JT local and some visiting Norwegians, starts with a bouldery move onto a ledge and then moves up a right-facing corner with a thin crack that gradually widens as the corner gets steeper.
Higher, pass a section with some gritty horizontals (stay left) and continue above in a hand-size crack that turns into an offset fist crack/ow at the top - despite the sound of it good jams can be had in the back and footholds are plentiful making it less of a thrutch than it may seem - the crack narrows at the very top to hands and concludes with a pull onto the level top with a nice view of the desert below.
Gear belay and descend by walking off or making a single rope rap (100 feet) off chain anchors about 40 feet to the right (above Frankenwood).
This is, for the grade, one of the better crack routes in the area with it's varied moves, good rock and length factored in. Don't forget at least one large cam (4 inch) for the top. Three stars out of five.
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