Best area for easy multipitch sport routes?
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Hi, everyone. A friend and I are interested in learning multipitch sport climbing by easing our way into it. |
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use the route finder. Go to any climbing area, click on "Best routes for you in this area", change the location to "All Areas", check off sport, and min number of pitches, bam, a list of multipitch sport sorted by state. |
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Castle Rock, Idaho has some easy 3-4 pitch sport routes with bolts ever 5'. I think Big Time is the most.popular. |
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You should also try doing your local one-pitch sport routes in a multi-pitch style. That is, the leader climbs, sets up the anchor. The second follows and cleans the route and then you both rap. You can even think through how you would transition to an imaginary second pitch. E.g., if you are swapping leads, think through how you would orient the rope. If you are leading in blocks, how would you manage that? |
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Mt. Yonah in north Ga. is really close to you. The two-man climb's are really easy multi-pitch sport routes. You can do most of the climbs in a single rope, but it has anchors in the middle for a belay. A lot of the military uses this as a training area. The nice thing about Yonah is that you can get to the top of the cliff by simply walking around. This means if you can't finish and have to bail, you can go to the top and rap back in to retrieve gear or whatever it is you need to do. Also, know that on multi-pitch things get a lot more complicated for quick retreats and other emergencies. I would also suggest hiring a guide or getting a mentor that can show you some self-rescue basics that could save you and your partner's life. It is easy to put yourself into a bad situation without even realizing it because of inexperience, especially when pitches are longer than half a rope length. |
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PeterW wrote:Castle Rock, Idaho has some easy 3-4 pitch sport routes with bolts ever 5'. I think Big Time is the most.popular.Meanwhile, next door in City of Rocks: mountainproject.com/v/theat… mountainproject.com/v/sinoc… mountainproject.com/v/raind… |
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City of Rocks would be perfect! |
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Awesome suggestions, everyone. Thanks. |
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Larry S wrote:use the route finder. Go to any climbing area, click on "Best routes for you in this area", change the location to "All Areas", check off sport, and min number of pitches, bam, a list of multipitch sport sorted by state. Or just click this link: Sport routes 5.6-5.8 in the MP database with more than 2 pitcheshuh. learn something new every day. thanks for the search tip! |