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Rough Drafts

5.9, Sport, 90 ft (27 m),  Avg: 2.4 from 5 votes
FA: Trevor Bowman 5/3/10
Wyoming > Eastern Big Horns > Piney Creek Canyon > Second Wind Wall

Description

Fairly continuous meandering fun up a buttress just left of the wall with the arching roof (home to Sunday Morning, My Empire, and Hack Job).
Start up the face just right of the large triangular flake. Great edges up a slab, layback up flakes to 1/2 height where RD cuts right and Gale Force continues straight up the upper headwall, traverse right past a shelf and pull a bulge on jugs, continue up good juggy pockets and edges to the top.
Since the line cuts a hard right at 1/2 height, you need to backclean the 7th draw (the first one after the traverse) after clipping the 8th (easily done) to avoid rope-drag.

Location

Up the hill left of the main Second Wind Wall. Start between a slot chimney with big flakes in it on the right, and an obvious 10' triangle flake that sticks out of the ground right next to the wall. Shares the first 6 bolts with Gale Force, before cutting right where GF heads straight up.

Protection

11 bolts to cold shuts.

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Rough Drafts follows the right line on the upper headwall (foreshortened in the photo).
[Hide Photo] Rough Drafts follows the right line on the upper headwall (foreshortened in the photo).