Madness
5.9 YDS 5c French 17 Ewbanks VI UIAA 17 ZA HVS 5a British R
| Type: | Trad, Alpine, 1400 ft (424 m), Grade III |
| GPS: | 49.6067, -121.10389 |
| FA: | D. Serl, G. Creighton 1987 |
| Page Views: | 1,278 total · 6/month |
| Shared By: | Drew Brayshaw on Aug 14, 2009 |
| Admins: | Mark Roberts, Kate Lynn, Braden Batsford, Mauricio Herrera Cuadra |
Description
A bold route with lots of runout climbing and loose rock, but a nice line.
Start right of the start of Reality Check and solo endless low-angle slabs to 5.7 for about 300m (following a ramp that breaks through the band of overhangs) up and right to gain the ledge at the base of Porcelain Chicken.
Now climb the dihedral right of Porcelain Chicken for 6 long pitches to the same ledge that P.C. finishes on. Instead of doing the same (or sane) thing, however, continue upwards through crumbly, granular rock and loose rock (crux, sandbag 5.9) for several unpleasant pitches until the climbing eases off to slab scrambling and the summit.



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