Bozeman Beautiful
5.10d YDS 6b+ French 21 Ewbanks VII+ UIAA 21 ZA E3 5b British PG13
Avg: 3.8 from 5 votes
Type: | Trad, 170 ft (52 m) |
FA: | Pat Kingsbury, Bryan Schmitz, Trevor Bowman, Dan Ryan, Tyler Gittins 8/18/09 |
Page Views: | 2,743 total · 15/month |
Shared By: | Trevor Bowman on Sep 7, 2009 |
Admins: | GRK, Zach Wahrer |
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Description
This surprising (and surprisingly good!) new line snakes it's way up the north face of the buttress between the old-school classic Farewell to Arms and the bold-school testpiece Mens Rea. Start on the Mens Rea blocky groove for the first 15' or so; M.R. continues more or less up and slightly right, while B.B. continues up the left-angling central groove-crack on the face. Cut up and right out of the groove at about 1/3 height and up a short clean crack to the obvious horizontal below the upper headwall. Make an acrobatic traverse left 5' on the horizontal until you can stand up; follow thin seams straight up the awesome headwall into flared double cracks and a small ledge beneath the final exit cracks. Take the center exit crack to the upper ledge and belay (or solo 5.5 up the final 15' step to the top of the buttress).
This line has quality, engaging climbing the whole way, especially on the headwall which offers the finest black Gallatin rock with excellent square-cut edges and just enough slots for gear to make it reasonable. The name is a tongue-in-cheek play on the unique elegance that the area epitomizes in more ways than one. Enjoy!
This line has quality, engaging climbing the whole way, especially on the headwall which offers the finest black Gallatin rock with excellent square-cut edges and just enough slots for gear to make it reasonable. The name is a tongue-in-cheek play on the unique elegance that the area epitomizes in more ways than one. Enjoy!
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