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Cardiovascular Seizure

Name: Cardiovascular Seizure
Rating: 2.8

5.10+ YDS 6b+ French 21 Ewbanks VII+ UIAA 20 ZA E3 5b British

Routes in Mount Whitney

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	Cardiovascular Seizure T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Direct East Face T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	East Buttress T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	East Face T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Great Book, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Hairline T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b C2+
	Hairline Free T 5.13d 8b 31 X 32 E8 7a PG13
	Happy Cowboy (Whitney Edge Traverse) T 4th 1 2 I 2 M 1b
	If At First… T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Inyo Face T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
	Left Wing Extremist T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Mount Whitney Trail, The Mod. Snow
	Mountaineer's Route, The 3rd 1- 1 I 1 M 1a Mod. Snow
	North Face T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Our Own Devices T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	SouthWest Edge T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	SouthWest Ridge T 4th 1 2 I 2 M 1b
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Type:	Trad, Alpine, 700 ft (212 m), 6 pitches, Grade III
GPS:	36.57844, -118.29228
FA:	unknown
Page Views:	9,796 total · 44/month
Shared By:	markguycan on Jul 14, 2008 · Updates
Admins:	Chris Owen, Lurk Er, Mike Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes, Salamanizer Ski Page Updates (admin only)

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Access Issue: Certain Peaks: Access limited from May to October every year Details

Some of the peaks in this area are restricted (not all). See the Inyo National Forest's Mount Whitney Zone regulations webpage fs.usda.gov/detail/inyo/pas… for current information. Access is usually limited from May to October of every year from the highest elevations of most of the Lone Pine Creek watershed.

Description

This worthwhile route climbs the right most dihedral system.

P1: varied cracks 5.8,
P2: right leaning crack system up toward corner, switch to higher of two cracks midway then up to ledge with 2 piton belay- 10a.
P3: unusual double cracks at 90 degrees inside corner (side by side foot jams and bilateral gaston)- 5.9 belay on small pillar with gear,
P4: steep flared hands with poor flaky feet 11- to chimney and ledge on right. This cruxy pitch could be avoided by staying in corner to the right at probably 5.9
P5: varied cracks to chimney to big ledge- long pitch 5.8
P6: step right from ledge then up steep clean corner (small gear), then hand traverse right to next corner to small roof/ledge then up final chimney to summit 10b.

Descend off the north side - easy 5th and 4th class downclimbing to ledges and scree the contour around to Whitney-Russell col.