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Bird of Prey T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c R |
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Dragon's Back T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13 |
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Flying Warlocks T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Ghostbumps T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Howling, The T,S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13 |
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Imaginary Voyage T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Planet Waves T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a PG13 |
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Romantic Warrior T 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b |
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S Crack T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13 |
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Sarcophagus, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Sea of Tranquility T 5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a PG13 |
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South Face T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13 |
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Spell, The T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Titanic, The T 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b |
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Unknown T,S 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b |
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| Type: | Trad, 800 ft (242 m), 10 pitches, Grade III |
| FA: | Laeger & Saum (June 1976) |
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Description
If you enjoy the type of adventure that can be found on South Face, you're sure to love this climb as well. The complete description in the Moser guidebook consists of follow the obvious crack system to the squeeze chimney crux. If you'd like to maintain that level of mystery stop reading here and go get it, you won't be disappointed. Otherwise here is how we pitched it out. All our anchor locations were guesses and there may be better options.
1: 5.9+ ~70ft (from where we belayed). Scramble up a third class gully and belay near the base of a chimney. We took the chimney up and right, which gives you a good flavor of the crux pitch to come. There also appear to be a few crack options. End at a ledge with a number of small trees.
2: 5.8 ~150 ft. bushwhack to the back of the ledge. Climb the broken right facing dihedral that eventually turns into a cleaner dihedral with a beautiful crack in the left wall. Around where the crack starts to disappear we stepped right to a ramp with a flaring corner. About 15 feet back up and left along the ramp there was a spot where a short crack in the corner took a purple camalot just below a tiny tunnel in the rock that took a medium or large nut. We belayed here but you could also belay back before the step right where there is much more opportunity for gear.
3: 5.9 ~175ft. Follow the dihedral with a second mostly flared crack about 4-5 feet out on the right wall (really aesthetic stemming) for ~60-70 feet. The gear here is pretty sparse, but we found a few shallow placements in the right crack. The second half of the pitch was quite vegetated. We ended in an uncomfortable hanging belay in a flared corner.
4: 5.7 ~50 ft. Continue up the corner to a more comfortable stance below a spectacular lay back. I'd be willing to bet that pitches 3 and 4 could be combined with a 70 meter assuming you started pitch 3 at the higher belay option.
5: 5.9 ~100ft. follow two cracks, mostly lay backing the right crack for 40 feet (easier than it looks) until the right crack opens into a chimney. Step right to a third crack and wiggle into the chimney. Follow it up and right past a short OW crux to a large broken ledge.
6: 5.10 ~80 feet. This is the squeeze chimney mentioned in the guide book. The biggest piece we had was a #5 Camalot, and lets just say it made for a spiritual experience. If you aren't comfortable with squeeze chimneys or you just value you life, I would recommend a big bro. Also, this chimney is very tight, I'm 6' 165 lbs. and I think I absolutely maxed it out. helmets have to go and all gear should be hauled up separately. Ends at a large comfortable chockstone.
7: 5.9 ~110 ft. The laminated topo found in the emergency gear boxes by the witch called this a 5.9 so that's what I'll call it but it felt more like mid 10 to us. Finish the now wider chimney then step a few feet right on slab. Follow a crack/flake back up and left until you can move left to a second crack. Keep going past one last surprisingly awkward stemming/mantle move to the base of a very low angle v slot.
8: 5.5 ~120 ft. walk or chimney (depending on how wide your hips are) to a flat spot where the climb meets with South Face for it's final two pitches.
1: 5.9+ ~70ft (from where we belayed). Scramble up a third class gully and belay near the base of a chimney. We took the chimney up and right, which gives you a good flavor of the crux pitch to come. There also appear to be a few crack options. End at a ledge with a number of small trees.
2: 5.8 ~150 ft. bushwhack to the back of the ledge. Climb the broken right facing dihedral that eventually turns into a cleaner dihedral with a beautiful crack in the left wall. Around where the crack starts to disappear we stepped right to a ramp with a flaring corner. About 15 feet back up and left along the ramp there was a spot where a short crack in the corner took a purple camalot just below a tiny tunnel in the rock that took a medium or large nut. We belayed here but you could also belay back before the step right where there is much more opportunity for gear.
3: 5.9 ~175ft. Follow the dihedral with a second mostly flared crack about 4-5 feet out on the right wall (really aesthetic stemming) for ~60-70 feet. The gear here is pretty sparse, but we found a few shallow placements in the right crack. The second half of the pitch was quite vegetated. We ended in an uncomfortable hanging belay in a flared corner.
4: 5.7 ~50 ft. Continue up the corner to a more comfortable stance below a spectacular lay back. I'd be willing to bet that pitches 3 and 4 could be combined with a 70 meter assuming you started pitch 3 at the higher belay option.
5: 5.9 ~100ft. follow two cracks, mostly lay backing the right crack for 40 feet (easier than it looks) until the right crack opens into a chimney. Step right to a third crack and wiggle into the chimney. Follow it up and right past a short OW crux to a large broken ledge.
6: 5.10 ~80 feet. This is the squeeze chimney mentioned in the guide book. The biggest piece we had was a #5 Camalot, and lets just say it made for a spiritual experience. If you aren't comfortable with squeeze chimneys or you just value you life, I would recommend a big bro. Also, this chimney is very tight, I'm 6' 165 lbs. and I think I absolutely maxed it out. helmets have to go and all gear should be hauled up separately. Ends at a large comfortable chockstone.
7: 5.9 ~110 ft. The laminated topo found in the emergency gear boxes by the witch called this a 5.9 so that's what I'll call it but it felt more like mid 10 to us. Finish the now wider chimney then step a few feet right on slab. Follow a crack/flake back up and left until you can move left to a second crack. Keep going past one last surprisingly awkward stemming/mantle move to the base of a very low angle v slot.
8: 5.5 ~120 ft. walk or chimney (depending on how wide your hips are) to a flat spot where the climb meets with South Face for it's final two pitches.
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