Walking Spanish
5.11c YDS 6c+ French 24 Ewbanks VIII- UIAA 24 ZA E4 6a British PG13
| Type: | Trad, 70 ft (21 m) |
| GPS: | 35.07109, -85.41385 |
| FA: | Andrew Richardson, Carlos Bell 2-7-2024 |
| Page Views: | 232 total · 9/month |
| Shared By: | Andrew Richardson on Feb 7, 2024 |
| Admins: | Stonyman Killough, Luke Cornejo, saxfiend |
Description
An intimidating 4 inch roof crack is waiting for anyone bold enough to hike up to it.
Meander up easy terrain to the base of a wide corner. I mostly climbed it like a layback, but I'm sure you could offwidth it if you're into that kind of thing. Either way, a short section of fun crack climbing gets you up to a large ledge. Build an anchor here with hand-sized cams if splitting into two pitches, but the line is certainly doable in one with careful rope management.
Traverse a few feet from the corner crack (or ledge) to the crux roof crack. Throw a piece or two over and behind your head, then jam and find the hidden holds inside the crack. Predictably, the lip turn is gymnastic, burly, or both depending on how you approach it. Crank away!
Much easier alternate finish (The Carl Weathers Memorial Route 5.10-): From the ledge, go straight up over the crack to the left then traverse right to the same trees above the roof crack.
The gear is very good throughout, but loose rock remains a concern given it's seen just a couple ascents.



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