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Le Gourmet

Name: Le Gourmet
Rating: 2.7

5.4 YDS 4a French 12 Ewbanks IV UIAA 10 ZA VD 3c British

Routes in South Peak West Face (Main Area)

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	A Better Way T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
	Agony T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Agony Til Dawn T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Arrested Mental Development 'AMD' T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a PG13
	Back to the Front T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Banana T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Banana Peels T 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b R
	Before the Fall T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b R
	Bite, The T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Black Mamba T 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a PG13
	Blackbird T 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
	Breakneck T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Breakneck Direct T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Bring on the Nubiles T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a PG13
	Burning Tendons T,S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	By Pass T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Cast of Thousands T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Casual In The Mind's Eye T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Caught My Eye T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Clarke's Climb T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Cockfight T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a PG13
	Cockscomb Overhang Direct T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Cockscomb Pine Tree T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Cockscomb Pine Tree - Variation: Cockscomb Overhang T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Conn's West T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Conn's West Corner Start T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Conn's West Direct T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Cottonmouth - Venom T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Crispy Critter T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Critter Crack T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Crusher Critter T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
	Debbie T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Easy Over T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a PG13
	Front C T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Gendarme Direct T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Gendarme South Face, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Gendarme, The T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Green Wall T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Gunsight to South Peak T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Gunsight to South Peak Direct T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Heartburn T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Hit the Silk T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c R
	Humphrey's Head T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Jankowitz-Kamm T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Kosher Critter T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Le Gourmet T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Le Gourmet - Variation: Easy Over T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Le Gourmet Direct T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Lox T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R
	Manual Dexterity T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13
	Marshall's Madness T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Marshall's Madness - Crack of Dawn T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Mongoose T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Monkey See Monkey Do T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Neck Press T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	NOVA T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Old Ladies Route T 5.2 3 8 II 8 D 2c
	Old Man's Route T 5.2 3 8 II 8 D 2c
	Past & Pleasant S 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Pedro's Problem T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Pleasant Exposure T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Pleasant Overhangs T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Pleasant Overhangs - Variation: Direct Finish T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a A3 PG13
	Pleasant Overhangs - Variation: Direct Start T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Pleasant Overhangs - Variation: Nowhere to Run T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13
	Pleasant Surprise S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Prune T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Right to the Left (A Thought Forgotten ) T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Scrambled Leggs T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Seneca Daze S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b PG13
	Sidewinder T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	So What T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R
	Sorcerer, The T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c PG13
	Thais T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Thais - Variation Thais Escape T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Thais Direct T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Tomato T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Traffic Jam T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Triple S T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Triple S - Variation: Direct Finish T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Viper, The T 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b PG13
	West Pole T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	West Pole Direct Finish T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c

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Type:	Trad, 285 ft (86 m), 4 pitches
FA:	Larry Griffin 1965
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Description

Pitch 1: Climb ramp up and left to the right facing corner and continue up the corner to a ledge. There are bolts just to the left on the ledge below Front C. (70 ft)

Pitch 2:Traverse RIGHT (diagonally up) to an arete and climb the arete up to Old Man's Traverse Ledge. (100 ft, pg-13)

Pitch 3: From the southern end of Old Man's Traverse Ledge climb up to the left side of the Critter Wall to a flake below southern facing chimneys (beginning of Critter Crack).

Pitch 4: Climb the right most chimney to the spectacular top (85ft)

Location

Begin just to climber's left of where the upper West Face Trail meets the rock (left of Traffic Jam Rappel) at a ramp which leads left to a prominent right facing corner.

Descent

At the top, find the top of a chimney which leads down to the summit ledge. The chockstone at the top is usually (but not always) slung with a rap ring. Step down into the chimney and then rap or lower or downclimb through this chimney (40 ft) to the east facing summit ledge.