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Fields' Chimney (summer)

Name: Fields' Chimney (summer)
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5.8+ YDS 5b French 16 Ewbanks VI- UIAA 15 ZA HVS 4c British

Routes in Lower East Face

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	Alexander's Chimney T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Crack of Delight T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Diagonal Super Direct T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a PG13
	Directagonal T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c R
	Endless Summer T 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a R
	Fields' Chimney (summer) T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Grey Pillar T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b R
	Kor's Door T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Malander's Passage T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	North Chimney T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Rap Descent from Top of Lower East Face T 5.0 2- 4 I 6 MM 1c
	Stettner's Ledges T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c

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Type:	Trad, Alpine, 450 ft (136 m), 3 pitches
GPS:	40.25555, -105.61152
FA:	Fields et al.
Page Views:	5,230 total · 18/month
Shared By:	Rob Dillon on Aug 21, 2002
Admins:	Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC Page Updates (admin only)

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Access Issue: Closures Details

Seasonal closures Feb. 15-July 31. Per the Denver Post:, the Cathedral Wall and all areas above the Loch Vale-Sky Pond Trail are closed to off-trail travel! Per this RMNP website, "Initial closures now occur in Feb. 15 and April, when raptors return to the region and scout for nesting sites. Areas containing general habitat preferred by raptors are closed during this time. Once raptors have selected nesting spots, the initial closures are lifted or adjusted. The specific areas which raptors choose for nesting sites are closed."

For additional information about raptor closures, please visit the Rocky Mountain National Parks area closures website.

General NPS climbing regulations for RMNP posted here.

Description

For those interested in superlatives, this route offered several: loosest, wettest, widest, dirtiest... just about any negative adjective can be applied in spades. We pegged it as a more direct line than the North Chimney to our objective on the Diamond, Pervertical Sanctuary. This was true, although the disadvantages were many and serious. Mostly, Fields' Chimney serves as a catchbasin for the entire left half of the Diamond, placing us in the line of fire for objects launched from acres of vertical granite by other climbers or random acts of gravity. This we failed to realize at first, preoccupied as we were by wet rock, the fine coating of dirt left by snowmelt, the several horrors of rust-stained bail tat, and the creaking iron protruding from the loose, wet, and overhanging crux. By the time we realized our error, we were already committed to topping out via roller-bearing slabs devoid of cracks and covered in dirt, fervently hoping that our predawn approach choice had safely placed us ahead of anyone else traversing Broadway above. Strange that the worst route of my life was immediately followed by one of the best. Get off your computer now, and go climb Pervertical. Just get there some other way.