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Brimstone

5.5, Trad, 40 ft (12 m),  Avg: 1.6 from 24 votes
FA: Uwe Schneider, Chris Stevens, Brian Tessier April 1992
New Hampshire > Whitehorse Ledge > 02. S Buttress > Cathonian Slab

Description

A nice warm up for the routes near Hotter Than Hell. Head up blocky slab to cracks/gear, continue up the face passing a bolt to tree ledge by HTH's start.

Location

Furthest left climb on the slab. When approach trail meets cliff, head left a bit to a worn area at the base of a slab with 2 bolted climbs. Brimstone is the left climb and Crosswalk 5.7+ is the right one. Continuing right on the trail below the slab brings you to the 4th class approach to HTH

Protection

small cams or wires, 1 bolt (see comment), tree anchor

COMMENT ("Bruce Bruce"): Good pro, especially with small cams. Bomber #3 first piece. For TR you can use cams to back up the dubious looking dead tree in a low horizontal crack back left.

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START of Brimstone
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Craig Porter on Brimstone 5.5 40'
[Hide Photo] Craig Porter on Brimstone 5.5 40'
Climber following Brimstone.
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bruce bruce
[Hide Comment] Good pro, especially with small cams. Bomber #3 first piece. For TR you can use cams to back up the dubious looking dead tree in a low horizontal crack back left. Aug 27, 2020
Nick Grant
Tamworth, NH
  5.6
[Hide Comment] Just one bolt pretty high up, as mentioned in the route description above—not two as described in the Handren guidebook.
(The lower one was chopped in classic Cathedral style à la K.N.) Nov 1, 2022
Robert Hall
North Conway, NH
  5.6
[Hide Comment] a La, or by, KN Nov 2, 2022