the seal aid pitch

anyone got any info the A2 pitch of the seal? slab hooky stuff or crack?

thanks folks!

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!!

Nice.. bolted belays at the top or gear belay? I don't really care but info helps ... now to find a partner :)

I don't remember one (13 yrs ago) but the S/L topo says so.

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?

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

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?

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!

Tyler S wrote:...Final pitch is slabby with no gear..WTF did you expect?

Ben!you nancy I get the first 3 you get the runout pitch :)

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??

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.

It's called the green gully. Have fun on that adventure.