Pull some unprotected, bouldery moves from the left to get to a beautiful right-facing fingers dihedral. Flared jams, hard stemming, and a bit of power laybacking are all required on this stout, sustained route. One of the most classic lines at the Forks.
Location
Just left of Equalizer, and a bit to the right of Loose Lips/Torpedo area.
Protection
lots of .75 and 1 Friends (.4 and .5 camalots), stoppers, long slings for the tree at the top.
This pitch has it all: heady start, tough jams, laybacks, stems and a real enduro element. One of the best pitches at PF and maybe in Northern Arizona.
Come on Rickd, gravity, rattly fingers and a lack of endurance probably had more to do with it than a bloody pinky. That was my downfall yesterday. Even so it was a beautiful failure and was the best climb I got on this weekend.
...no eric, falling onto a left "index" finger lock, drawing buckets of blood from a deep cut ended it (then the biatch fest that followed). This was pre leg break and I was mighty hard then- 21 yo, 140#'s, and 6'. yes manny, mariacher's 1st generation (I think I got them at the gendearme)
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