Chimney
5.7 YDS 5a French 15 Ewbanks V+ UIAA 13 ZA MVS 4b British
Early Access
| Type: | Trad, TR, 65 ft (20 m) |
| GPS: | 35.7894, -106.21067 |
| FA: | unknown |
| Page Views: | 1,290 total · 6/month |
| Shared By: | Chris Wenker on Jan 21, 2009 |
| Admins: | Jason Halladay, Mike Hoskins, Anna Brown |
Description
This route provides chimney practice. There are also good face holds inside the chimney, or you can ignore them and go full-on chimneying. Unfortunately, it's really short.
This route is described and pictured by Beverly (2006:200-201) as Route #1. It lies left of route #1 in the Chen/Wehner on-line guide. Jackson (2006) doesn't list any routes this far left on the crag (although he has a photo covering this area on page 186).
Location
This is the farthest left (west) route described on the south wall of the Big E. It occupies the left side of a big east-facing corner, so it appears to get early AM sun and early PM shade.
Approach the base of chimney two ways: From the right, go up the 4th class blocks, or from the left, start up a blocky 5.8-ish crack system to make the actual climbing last longer.



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