Fusarium
5.8 YDS 5b French 16 Ewbanks VI- UIAA 15 ZA HVS 4c British
| Type: | Sport, 490 ft (148 m), 5 pitches |
| GPS: | 47.55371, -121.5279 |
| FA: | Megan and Aaron W, 2022 |
| Page Views: | 783 total · 25/month |
| Shared By: | Aaron Wait on Oct 7, 2023 · Updates |
| Admins: | Jon Nelson, Zachary Winters, Mitchell McAuslan |
Description
A nice line that runs parallel Aspergillus.
P1 (3 bolts) Going left around the bulge is probably easier than right; you'll see the next bolt once you're on top of the bulge.
P2: (7 bolts) Could link 1&2 using alpines on the P1 to reduce drag. Walk up and left past the rap anchor to belay from the shared P2 Aspergillus anchor.
P3 (7 bolts) Shares the first bolt with Aspergillus; you can easily skip it to stay out of the way of climbers on that route.
P4 (3 bolts) Wider bolt spacing than the others and a dirty scramble at the top to the anchor. Has a mini boulder problem or two (5.7) gaining some ledges.
P5 (6 bolts) (~5.8) Friction slab crux pitch on solid rock. Could link 4&5 using alpines on P4 to reduce drag.
P1 and P2 likely have a bit of dirt on them but I cleared most of the rocks and gave things a leaf-blow. I actually pushed off a moped sized block at the start while cleaning the other day, it was exciting. P2 especially has some thick funk on some of the holds and it might be helpful to climb with a wire brush. Fortunately its easy and it should get better with a bit more time.
Walking down is recommended - top out and hike 100 yards north-north-west (climbers left) to the main Garfield ledges overlook and follow the trail back down.
You can probably rap the route with a 60m but I've only ever done it with a 70, you should definitely tie knots. I haven't put any rap hardware on the P4 anchors but I will the next time I'm out there, in the meantime you can just rap to the p4 anchors on Asper then from there to the P3 anchors on Fus.



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