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Far left

5.8+, TR, 60 ft (18 m),  Avg: 2 from 1 vote
FA: Unk (Hall-Matz TR???)
Connecticut > Western Highlands > Whitestone Cliffs > Main Slab

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Route is on the face to the left of "Back in Time". "Back in Time" is the left facing corner furthest climber's left on the slab in the Fasulo "Rock Climbing in CT" guide.

Note the COMMENTs relative to LOCATION. NOTE: On 6/13/18 I moved this route further left and added photo.

P1 - Climb the face and outside corner, moving right near the top to avoid the small pine tree. ( 5.8 - 5.9 ?)

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To the best of my recollection one of these lines is the line I'm talking about. BUT it WAS yrs ago.
[Hide Photo] To the best of my recollection one of these lines is the line I'm talking about. BUT it WAS yrs ago.

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micah richard
Litchfield, Connecticut
[Hide Comment] I think your rt. 26 must be the arette to the right of the corner/ dihedral system of "back in time ", which is the furthest left route on the wall. Said arette is an excellent toprope climb. Goes at about 5.9 or so. There are some sidepulls on the left of arette that are "on". May 13, 2017
wivanoff
Northeast, USA
[Hide Comment] Micah is right. Your description (moving right near the top to avoid the small pine tree) compared to the "Back In Time" description (top of left facing corner, then trend to the right of small tree at the top of wall) puts this route to the RIGHT of "Back in Time" Mar 28, 2018
Robert Hall
North Conway, NH
  5.8+
[Hide Comment] Looking at Micah's photo of the dihedral of "Back in Time" I think Micah and Bill (Ivanoff) may be correct, so I will move the climb; but someone should look at the left-face of "Back in Time's dihedral (sort of leading to a smaller corner corner above) as my feeling is THAT is what Sheila and I TR'd (which would put the climb left of "Back in Time" as I originally had it.

Maybe someday I'll get back to CT and look. Mar 28, 2018
Bryce Adamson
Burlington, CT
[Hide Comment] Left of Back in Time quickly becomes a 4th class scramble before you get to the regular descent. If there is anything in the 5.8 range over there it is very contrived Jun 13, 2018
Robert Hall
North Conway, NH
  5.8+
[Hide Comment] On 6/13/18 I copied the photo from Back in Time and added what I THINK might be the route line, BUT: 1) It was a long time ago, and there's no "scale" on the photo, i.e. how far left of the corner is my solid line?...1-2 ft or 5-8 ft ??, and 2) there may be an "outside corner" further left (off the photo) and THAT may be what we did. (i.e. what does the outside corner that's just barely visible at the top left of the photo look like at the bottom??) Jun 13, 2018
wivanoff
Northeast, USA
[Hide Comment] Robert Hall, I was up there 2022/11/23 and I think Micah is right. Your "Far Left" route is the same as what I just posted as "Forward in Time". The ratings match. I don't see anything further left of "Back in Time" that could remotely be 5.8+ Nov 24, 2022
Robert Hall
North Conway, NH
  5.8+
[Hide Comment] Bill, from the photo you posted to “Forward in Time” it looks like “Forward” is Right of the big, flaring crack/corner and the tall, straight tree ( but maybe it’s just the photographic perspective) whereas I remember the climb as being on the face Left of the crack/corner ( since it was dirty and had a tree growing out of it when I was there.) Also, it’s possible my “ move right” was really supposed to be a “ move left to avoid the tree” ; I’m well known for mixing R and L directions.
Does that make sense?
BUT it was a long time ago. If, as you say below, that left face is super easy around where I drew the ( very approximate) lines on the photo then maybe my memory is “ kaput ! “
Bob Nov 24, 2022