Rumbling Bald far FAR left?? anyone know anything? Route Info-?

Hey guys- A good buddy and I recently- decided to brave the poison ivy- and bushwhacking- to try to find some less climbed lines at the bald....

Dreaming of the next Ceral Buttress- we took to hanging chain- and than hiked left for about an hour and a half- Conclusion-- We found bolts everywhere!- and trail cairns--
We ended up climbing a few crack lines.
Most of the bolted lines were on seemly featureless terrain?

One crack in particular- stood out as an amazing route- and we would like to know if theres any info on this amazing side of the wall/ this climb specifically - (where the rock turns red-near a waterfall) in an obvious hand crack)

Not sure where the route could/does go and only made it up to where the crack thins out-about 100ft up- and we left some webbing and a hex-

First accent? I think not, but maybe a newer line? Thinking about establishing a belay above for a 2nd pitch? what do you guys think?

Any info on the history of this are would be helpful- as we do NOT want to step on any toes- Just to climb the less explored and also to give back to an already world class crag!--

hand crack line--anyone have info?

close up of route in question

this crack is on a detached pillar- to the right of other climb--very fun low section

photo of the leaning pillar right of the other route-

That arete in the first photo looks awesome...

The first pic looks like Big Corner at Hanging Chain

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Eddie beat me to it. Sounds like you might have thought you were starting at Hanging Chain, but you actually arrived there.

haha-- thanks Edward and Brian- the more I climb the more I learn- and amazing that the routes there were put up mostly in the 80's!

If that pillar is the hanging chain one (top of approach trail), the two routes to the left are new Nathan and Tim Snyder routes and are very good. The route to the right of the pillar is Walk This Way, and is another amazing route. You should check out the Far Left area under the Rumbling Bald section here. There are some great photos of that place and Wall of Solitude. There is more climbing in that area than most people know.

Got your four biners, one of the hexes, and used your webbing to back up the real anchor today. Thanks for the gear, that may be one of the most gumby moves I've seen to date y'all.

$50 in gear to bail off an established route...

Sam Stephens wrote:Got your four biners, one of the hexes, and used your webbing to back up the real anchor today. Thanks for the gear, that may be one of the most gumby moves I've seen to date y'all. $50 in gear to bail off an established route...

Ouch! Rubbing their nose in it never works. I guess it does help to boost your ego knowing you are better than someone else. I would say this is fairly low on the gumby totem considering they had no idea where they were, climbed the route (mostly), and got to the ground safely. I say keep climbing fellas! You did yourself a favor by leaving that hex anyways. Get rid of them and use tricams!

TomCaldwell wrote: Ouch! Rubbing their nose in it never works. I guess it does help to boost your ego knowing you are better than someone else. I would say this is fairly low on the gumby totem considering they had no idea where they were, climbed the route (mostly), and got to the ground safely. I say keep climbing fellas! You did yourself a favor by leaving that hex anyways. Get rid of them and use tricams!

Yea yea I know. It was too easy considering they climbed maybe 50' of 5.8, and bailed.

May I suggest that buying several copies of the new Rumbling Bald guidebook, available any day now at grounduppublishing.com, would solve the route finding dilemma.