A Mother's Lament
5.10c YDS 6b French 20 Ewbanks VII UIAA 20 ZA E2 5b British R
| Type: | Trad, 900 ft (273 m), 6 pitches, Grade III |
| GPS: | 37.72993, -119.56355 |
| FA: | Rab Carrington and Rik Reider, September 1972 |
| Page Views: | 1,519 total · 11/month |
| Shared By: | Bruce Hildenbrand on Nov 24, 2014 |
| Admins: | Mike Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer Ski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes |
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Description
Another classic Apron Route, but not as good as Tightrope. There are two variations on the crux pitch(4). The FA party went left into a right facing dihedral/scoop(5.10c). One can also head up and right past a single bolt(5.11) to the belay, but this variation is quite runout.
Pitch 1(5.9) - climb the dihedral to a two-bolt belay. This pitch can be wet after a rain.
Pitch 2(5.7) - continue up the dihedral to a two-bolt belay.
Pitch 3(5.7) - more of the same to a two-bolt belay.
Pitch 4(5.10c or 5.11) - climb up and slightly left past two bolts. Either head up and left then back right(5.10c, gear) or up and right(5.11, one bolt) to a single piton anchor.
Pitch 5(5.9) - Basically no pro to a single-bolt anchor. If this bolt hasn't been replaced it is a poorly drilled 1/4" Rawl.
Pitch 6(5.10a) - if you are dumb enough to get this far, climb straight up to a bolt then traverse straight left past another bolt to another single bolt anchor.
Location
This route is located about 50-100 feet right of the Calf in a prominent left facing dihedral.
We rapped the route, but the Reid guide indicates that their might be a direct rappel route down from the top of pitch 6. Either way, bring slings to beef up the anchors and please cut out the bad tat.



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