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The Direct Line

Name: The Direct Line
Rating: 3.5

5.10- YDS 6a French 18 Ewbanks VI+ UIAA 18 ZA E1 5a British

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	Direct Line, The T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Original Route, The T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b

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Type:	Trad, Alpine, 700 ft (212 m), 5 pitches
GPS:	37.84782, -119.40554
FA:	Chaz & Travis - September 2023
Page Views:	124 total · 7/month
Shared By:	Travis H on Aug 12, 2024
Admins:	Mike Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer Ski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes Page Updates (admin only)

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The second most obvious direct line to the top of Cathedral Wall. We placed two 3/8” bolts. One on pitch 1 and one on pitch 2. Other than that the route protects with gear. Rock was ok, we trundled the big stuff. Grades are an estimate, it’s been a year so I don’t remember all the details about the route. The route overlay is accurate enough. You’re aiming for the obvious corner on P4.

P1- Climb up some flakes to the top of a pinnacle. Clip a bolt and then make some face moves into a crack/undercling. Take that out right and continue laybacking up some flakey rock to the anchor. Make the anchor on a slab just below the obvious crack with a bush/tree visible up and left (this is P2). 5.10- 200’

P2- Climb up the crack and then move left around the arete. Clip a bolt and move up some thin cracks that will eventually trend up and right. Belay at a ledge. 5.10- not sure about length.

P3- Move up through a series of cracks. I remember staying right and then moving left via a nice finger crack that put me on a ledge with some cool splitters above. Climb these and then continue up further. 5.9? A long pitch I think. Maybe another 200’ pitch.

P4- Head left off the belay aiming for the obvious corner above. This was a good pitch. Belay when the angle eases off. 5.10- not too long, maybe 120’?

P5- Many ways to go but I went up the corner and then left to the ‘summit’. 5.8. Short pitch 50’?