Royal Arches Rap Route
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Does anyone know the condition/existence of the added belay station 85' below rap 10 (supertopo guide) that goes down the "5.5 polished gully? Per a thread in Supertopo, a belay station was added circa 2007 . |
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I believe I saw them over a year ago when I last did the R.A. rap. |
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Bring two 60m ropes and you wont have to worry about down-climbing the 5.5 gully. |
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I just did this rap route and there is a slung chock stone in that gully that you can use to rap off of. Not the best but it worked. We rapped with a single 60. |
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Rapped last month with a single 70m rope. There was a new looking bolted anchor so you don't have to scramble down the 5.5 polished gully. 60m should be OK too. Not marked in the latest ST guidebook. |
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I rapped it with one 60 m rope about 3 years ago. We slung the chock stone in the 5.5 gully but we did not need to. About 30 feet looker's left of the chock stone there are some difficult to see Bolts that looked relatively new. So just keep an eye out, they were about even with the chock stone. |
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I rap it with a 70m to avoid the 5.5 gully downclimb, though a 70m is overkill for the top half of the rap route. I'm usually left with lots of extra rope once I hit the rap station - enough to rap another 10-15 meters. |