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Between Two Towers

Name: Between Two Towers
Rating: 2.5

5.7 YDS 5a French 15 Ewbanks V+ UIAA 13 ZA MVS 4b British

Routes in The Middle of Middle Earth

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	Balrog TR 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Between Two Towers TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Caradhras T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Celebrimbor TR 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Glamdring S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Karmic Relief S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Merryanne S,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Orange Sunshine S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Risky Business T,S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Rocking the Dalai Lama S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Room With A View (aka Helm's Deep) T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	When Good Books Go Bad TR 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a

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Type:	TR, 50 ft (15 m)
GPS:	32.8259, -117.05095
FA:	unknown
Page Views:	294 total · 10/month
Shared By:	Set Aria on Jan 20, 2024
Admins:	Mike Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer Ski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes Page Updates (admin only)

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Description

TR uses the Room with a View (RWAV) anchors. Belayer belays in the Middle Earth corridor facing the offwidth chimney (belayers back to Dimrill Stair, therefore facing the back of the large boulders with Karmic Relief/Rocking the Dalai Lama that create RWAV). The climber hikes around and through the RWAV cave and ties in from below (or hops down the hole). Climb starts up the face way inside the back of the cave and into the chimney struggle (now climber is level with their belayer and the grunting echoes in the chimney). Once chimney starts to pinch off head up the arete to the belayer's right. Once at the top of that, traverse across to the RWAV anchors. Pics are of the chimney part, after coming out of the cave below. People have trad lead/solo'd this I'm quite sure.

This is not the scramble to the right.