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Freedom Rider
5.10d YDS 6b+ French 21 Ewbanks VII+ UIAA 21 ZA E3 5b British R
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Routes in Liberty Bell
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A Servant To Liberty T 5.13 8a 29 X- 30 E7 6c |
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Beckey Route (SW Face) T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b |
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Dark Side of Liberty T 5.13+ 8b 30 X- 31 E7 7a V9-10 7C+ |
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Freedom or Death T 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a |
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Freedom Rider T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b R |
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Girl Next Door, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Independence Route, The T 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a |
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Liberty and Injustice for All T 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b PG13 |
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Liberty Crack T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c C2 |
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Liberty Crack (Free) T 5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c |
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Liberty Traverse T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Live Free or Die!™ T V5+ 6C+ |
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Northwest Face T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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NW Face Var. (Remsberg Variation) T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Overexposure T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Rapple Grapple T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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Serpentine Crack T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c |
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Sidewinder (Southwest Corner) T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Thin Red Line T 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b |
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| Type: | Trad, Alpine, 1200 ft (364 m), 14 pitches, Grade IV |
| FA: | Steve Risse and Bryan Burdo |
| Page Views: | 3,597 total · 31/month |
| Shared By: | Jacob Smith on Sep 21, 2014 |
| Admins: | Jon Nelson, Micah Klesick, Zachary Winters |
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Access Issue: Washington Pass Fire Closure Lifted
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Washington Pass Climbing was closed on 8/15/23 due to the Blue Lake Fire until further notice. On 9/7/23 this closure was reduced in size. On 9/22 this was reduced again, opening all WA Climbing Routes. For remaining closures, see:
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Access Issue: Seasonal Raptor Closure at Newhalem Crags March 1st to mid-July
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Peregrine falcons select nest sites on cliffs in the Upper Skagit Valley, including the Climbing Management Areas of Newhalem West (Ryan’s Wall) and Newhalem East. As required in the NPS Superintendent’s Compendium, these areas will be closed to all public from March 1st to July 15th of each year, or until the young falcons have fledged or NPS staff have determined that nesting will not occur on a specific wall during this period. Access Fund, Washington Climbers Coalition and NPS partner on a volunteer raptor monitoring program to determine nesting activity. Contact the NPS and/or WCC for updates.
Description
Although it is technically the easiest all free route up the east face of Liberty Bell, Nicholson claims it takes one and a half times as much effort as Liberty Crack and for once he's not exaggerating. This route is an adventure the rock is often poor and the gear follows suit, and aside from the intersection with Liberty Crack, there are no bolted belay stances.
Pitch breakdown
1 - 5.8 R, climb the loose corner system about 100 ft. left of Liberty Crack, there is probably only one truly dependable piece on this entire pitch and the belay stance is awkward.
2 - 5.10, brief wider crack, thinner above; several belay options exist, either stop at the sizable broken ledge or continue up to the base of the offwidth.
3a - 5.10d, thin "cracks" to the left of the offwidth; balencey, technical climbing with mediocre gear, traverse right past the offwidth to a finger crack just out of sight over the arete.
3b - 5.11b, climb the off-width until you can reach the finger crack.
4 - 5.8+, easy handcrack leads to an airy move left, amazingly solid for how exposed it feels, finish up some thin cracks.
5 - 5.10b, large crystals, steep hand-cracks. This pitch might make wearing tape gloves worthwhile for the whole thing. Finish at a big ledge w/ tree anchor.
6 - 5.6, descend slightly and then traverse to just below "The Rotten Block."
7-9 - follow Liberty Crack until roughly the beginning of the final 5.9 pitch.
10 - 5.10a, traverse right (two options, one high and easy, one low and hard, both have a bolt) into a thin crack.
11 - 5.10b, climb up toward the chimney, most of this is a fun handcrack, belay at the base of the chimney with scattered fixed pins. Pitches 10 and 11 can be easily linked.
12 - 5.8+, "Medusa's Roof," exposed but kind of absurdly secure climbing up around a chockstone.
13 - 5.8, up and right from the belay, a right facing corner that starts simple but gets a bit thin and smeary.
14 - "Class 4," scramble to the summit, belay if needed (would be several rope lengths if fully pitched out, but it's mostly class 2-3 past the first 50 ft.
Because of how it intersects Liberty Crack, splitting the route in half is perfectly feasible; if doing this I would recommend starting on Liberty Crack and finishing on Freedom Rider, as it is essentially a direct finish for that route anyways. In my opinion, if they were a little cleaner, the two 5.10 pitches beneath Medusa's Roof would be the best free climbing on either route.
Pitch breakdown
1 - 5.8 R, climb the loose corner system about 100 ft. left of Liberty Crack, there is probably only one truly dependable piece on this entire pitch and the belay stance is awkward.
2 - 5.10, brief wider crack, thinner above; several belay options exist, either stop at the sizable broken ledge or continue up to the base of the offwidth.
3a - 5.10d, thin "cracks" to the left of the offwidth; balencey, technical climbing with mediocre gear, traverse right past the offwidth to a finger crack just out of sight over the arete.
3b - 5.11b, climb the off-width until you can reach the finger crack.
4 - 5.8+, easy handcrack leads to an airy move left, amazingly solid for how exposed it feels, finish up some thin cracks.
5 - 5.10b, large crystals, steep hand-cracks. This pitch might make wearing tape gloves worthwhile for the whole thing. Finish at a big ledge w/ tree anchor.
6 - 5.6, descend slightly and then traverse to just below "The Rotten Block."
7-9 - follow Liberty Crack until roughly the beginning of the final 5.9 pitch.
10 - 5.10a, traverse right (two options, one high and easy, one low and hard, both have a bolt) into a thin crack.
11 - 5.10b, climb up toward the chimney, most of this is a fun handcrack, belay at the base of the chimney with scattered fixed pins. Pitches 10 and 11 can be easily linked.
12 - 5.8+, "Medusa's Roof," exposed but kind of absurdly secure climbing up around a chockstone.
13 - 5.8, up and right from the belay, a right facing corner that starts simple but gets a bit thin and smeary.
14 - "Class 4," scramble to the summit, belay if needed (would be several rope lengths if fully pitched out, but it's mostly class 2-3 past the first 50 ft.
Because of how it intersects Liberty Crack, splitting the route in half is perfectly feasible; if doing this I would recommend starting on Liberty Crack and finishing on Freedom Rider, as it is essentially a direct finish for that route anyways. In my opinion, if they were a little cleaner, the two 5.10 pitches beneath Medusa's Roof would be the best free climbing on either route.
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