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Rhett Burroughs
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May 9, 2011
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Salt Lake City, UT
· Joined Apr 2006
· Points: 230
anyone got any info the A2 pitch of the seal? slab hooky stuff or crack? thanks folks!
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Scoffster
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May 10, 2011
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Oct 2007
· Points: 25
They don't call it the Green Corner for nothing! :) Much gardening gives way to mostly small nuts, cam hooks, and maybe some pins--beaks/KBs. You may want to bring some safety goggles to keep all the junk out of your eyes. :) The final pitch involves some mandatory and spicy 5.8/9 friction climbing. Pretty awesome given the FA took place in 1969!!
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Rhett Burroughs
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May 10, 2011
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Salt Lake City, UT
· Joined Apr 2006
· Points: 230
Nice.. bolted belays at the top or gear belay? I don't really care but info helps ... now to find a partner :)
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Scoffster
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May 11, 2011
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Oct 2007
· Points: 25
I don't remember one (13 yrs ago) but the S/L topo says so.
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ANOTHER DELETED
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May 11, 2011
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msprague beats old ladies up
· Joined Jan 2009
· Points: 10
The belay atop the GG is 3 really really old 1/4 inch hardware store bolts. I whacked a tri-cam in to back it all up but that was 10 years ago so its prob. rotten by now. Look in the crack left of the belay and you can see a couple stoppers, the nylon is long gone but you can thread around the fixed metal portion too and back it all up that way. Final pitch is slabby with no gear..WTF did you expect?
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Andrew Blease
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May 11, 2011
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Bartlett, NH
· Joined Apr 2010
· Points: 470
I'll climb with you!! I live in Cullowhee at WCU. I'm out of commission with a wrist injury at the moment, but call me in the fall. I've been wanting to get into some aid climbing. 252 245 2227
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Joe Virtanen
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May 11, 2011
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Charlotte, NC
· Joined May 2010
· Points: 241
Same here, Rhett I'm looking to get into some aid this summer. If you need a partner anytime during the summer, just give me a shout. pm goes straight to my main e-mail so that's a good way to get in touch with me. Andrew, same to you in the fall! P.S. Bet you weren't looking for all us aid scrubs to come out of the woodwork when you ask for beta, eh?
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Rhett Burroughs
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May 12, 2011
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Salt Lake City, UT
· Joined Apr 2006
· Points: 230
bhahaha! Tyler.. I expected risky capers.. and apparently I'll get em. thanks for the info
Heal that wrist up, I know the pain.
I'm headed to squamish july 4th weekend for a long climbing trip... after that maybe some aid action!
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BirminghamBen
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May 12, 2011
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Birmingham, AL
· Joined Jan 2007
· Points: 1,620
Tyler S wrote:...Final pitch is slabby with no gear..WTF did you expect? This needs to be documented and referenced for many a Western NC top out. SOP, nancy boy....
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Rhett Burroughs
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May 12, 2011
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Salt Lake City, UT
· Joined Apr 2006
· Points: 230
Ben!you nancy I get the first 3 you get the runout pitch :)
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Scoffster
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May 12, 2011
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Oct 2007
· Points: 25
Dang Tyler, an F bomb. :) I think S/L guidebook list that last pitch as 5.7. I found it a good bit harder than that and one of the more difficult top outs over there. I'd love to see the boots the FA'ers slabbed it out with. BTW, Has the route been freed??
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ANOTHER DELETED
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May 12, 2011
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msprague beats old ladies up
· Joined Jan 2009
· Points: 10
Scoffster you know that most of my vernacular consists of profanity. Rumor many years ago was that a couple local ruffians had been close to free climbing the corner. It would go in a 100 year drought with a power washing. The grey matter finish is cool and accesses that sweet and seemingly unreachable 5.9 splitter plus it limits time in the muck.
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Jody Jacobs
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May 14, 2011
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NE, GA
· Joined Jul 2008
· Points: 215
It's called the green gully. Have fun on that adventure.
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