Type: Trad, 135 ft (41 m)
GPS: 34.89832, -99.3286
FA: unknown
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Shared By: Miles Johnson on Oct 17, 2022
Admins: Ryan Sheldon, Drew Nevius, Kevin Diaz

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Faithful Corner: keep it simple and true.

Climb the obvious gully tracking the corner directly following a mixture of low 5th class and some fun dihedral moves, a few spots of technical footwork, and bomber pro with a crux right in the middle, mild laybacking plus satisfying topout crack moves if you were faithful to the corner.

An 80m rope will pass the middle mark shortly before the leader finds a good belay.

If you were Faithful to the Corner you will Topout a crack sequence to a comfortable pad and a very opportune boulder to make an ultra-efficient belay slinging it with your rope - a unique and bomber 1 minute belay. In the rain, Faithful Corner takes on quite the Scottish Gully atmosphere and sketch factor. Dry it is still a blast but the available moves are a bit different but crux the same.

There are no anchors to rap the gully but the 80m rap station to the left on top of the dome offers egress and for those with shorter ropes, two raps off the high Forgotten Arches anchors to the right will allow a 70m to get down to the bottom of the slab in two raps and a 60m crew would have to stop on some 4th low 5th class terrain swinging hard right or left on rap 2. Both of these anchors are less than 40’ from the flat hangout belay that is directly over the gully.

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Center line of the gully. Faithful Corner heads straight up for 100’ and then leans slightly right as the entire gully sways with the mushroom cloud roof hovering overhead near the top. Follow the corner to the top for a very low drag belay. 

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Full Rack of nuts and cams

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