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Romeo's Retreat

5.0, Trad, TR, 35 ft (11 m),  Avg: 1.9 from 7 votes
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Virginia > DC & Northern V… > Great Falls > Romeo's Ladder

Description

The area is commonly used by classes to teach rappelling and beginning rock climbing.
Start at the low angle wall upstream from Romeo's Ladder - the variety of routes going up this wall are often used to instruct new climbers. The downstream portion of this wall is an easy (4th class) descent route

Location

Just upstream from Romeo's Ladder

Protection

Trees on top

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Brian Malone
Olney, MD
  5.0
[Hide Comment] This area is where my 1st mountaineering class climbed on the 1st day of class in the fall of 1978. We learned to rappell on Romeo's retreat and climbed the variations of Romeo's Ladder. Simple area brings back a lot of memories. Oct 13, 2014