| Type: | Trad, Alpine, 800 ft (242 m), 7 pitches, Grade IV |
| GPS: | 38.12188, -119.41522 |
| FA: | Peter Croft and Andrew Stevens July 2004 |
| Page Views: | 12,765 total · 66/month |
| Shared By: | Neil Kauffman on Aug 29, 2010 · Updates |
| Admins: | Chris Owen, Lurk Er, Mike Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes, Salamanizer Ski |
Description
This thing is totally worth doing and typical of the Hulk: amazing rock, challenging climbing and pretty much one crack system the whole way.
P1: Climb the right-facing corner just left of the start of the Polish Route. Clip a bolt at the lip of the roof and climb over it on its left side (5.11) to face climbing past two more bolts. A bit of a runout on easier ground gets you up and right to two more bolts (5.12) to gain the thin crack. Climb this to a stance with one good bolt and a nut. (12a, 175')
P2: Climb the crack system straight up and a bit left to the bolted anchor at the base of the crux pitch. (5.10, 130')
P3: Climb the short offwidth to bolted face climbing to gain the crux splitter. Climb the splitter just left of the arete to a stance with a nice bolted anchor. (12+, 130')
P4: Step right around the arete off the anchor and climb an awesome 5.10 splitter crack until a little after it pinches down to a finger crack. About 10’ below what looks like a ledge use some feet on the arete to move around left. You’ll see the anchors out left, protect high and figure out how to get to them. (11-/10a height dependent, 140')
P5: Sport climb hard through 9 bolts and an optional .4” cam. (12+)
P6: Climb the stem corner overhead with a lot of small gear and some committing moves to a single bolt at a stance, which can be backed up with a #2 and #3 to the right. Some parties link this into P7. (11+, 130')
P7: Climb up to the base of the dihedral, protecting with finger gear along the way. Two bolts lead to the top of the Polish Tower. (12a, 70')



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