| Type: | Sport, 105 ft (32 m) |
| GPS: | 37.16893, 22.82213 |
| FA: | Remmy and Friends |
| Page Views: | 105 total · 7/month |
| Shared By: | Top Rope Hero on Feb 16, 2025 |
| Admins: | Jason Halladay, Luke Bertelsen, Loren P |
Description
ROWDY! A short, excellent, worthy 7M extension. Once listed as 7b--now freshly (and rightfully) downgraded to a stout 7a. DO IT!
From the first anchor, dance out left to a series of small but positive edges and rock up to the bulge. Find salvation in the huecos out right (unless they're thick with wet, greasy grass, in which case, have a nice flight!), then step back left and fight for a move or two for the chains. Awesome opossum.
Location
Under the left edge of the west eye. Pretty much right where the main trail dumps you at the sector. Look left, identify the low-angle gray apron that defines the beginning of the main wall, find the name painted on the rock.
Protection
I think maybe it's 6 or 7 more bolts? It's only an extra 7m or so. So say 20 bolts total, with the opening bit included. The top has a connected, two-bolt anchor station with a single ring.
And, short as it is, you'll still probs want a 70. That 60m rope you chopped after a season in the Red just won't cut it, here.
On Extensions
A quick word about extensions: Both guidebooks for Leonidio list them as separate climbs. I here honor that custom.
I see on MP where alotta climbers in the American idiom neglect to list the opening section. Opting instead to post the full--usually much harder--line. I'm not down with that. In Europe extensions are put in not as the line proper but rather as a different climb altogether. One appealing to different climbers with different skill sets, different agendas. So? Different chains, different line. That's how I see it; that's how I list it.
Either way, don't call 'em second pitches. They'll just think you've been dropped too many times without a helmet.



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