Casablanca 5.9
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| Type: | Trad, 2 pitches, 190 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.9- [details] |
| FA: | Dick Williams, Roy Kligfield, 1973 |
| Submitted By: | Denis O'Connor on May 21, 2006 |
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Becky Diamond protecting the lip in the creaky fla...
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2013 Peregrine Closure: Bloody Bush (5.7) to Overhanging Layback (5.7). This includes Arch, Ribs, Strictly, Shockley's and the Mac Wall. Best wishes to the nestlings.
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Description P1: About 30' right of the huge right-facing corner, climb up past a left-facing flake to a small overhang with a fixed pin. Up and slightly left to a small right-facing corner, then diagonal up right to the overhang, heading for the obvious flake. Clear the overhang at the flake (long reach) then diagonal up left to a belay at a tree with slings and rings. 5.9, 90'.
This pitch used to be called 5.8+ but is 5.9 in the latest Williams guide. I'd say it's easier than that if you're 5'9", and harder than that if you're 5'6".
P2: Head up slightly right to a ledge. Then up trending left past a short left-facing corner. 5.5, 100'.
Protection Standard rack
Location This route is located at the far end of the Trapps, just before the S-turn in the carriage road where one exits for Sleepy Hollow. There is a yellow-blazed tree to mark the faint trail, which initially heads up a short, steep embankment. Follow blazes and cairns from there to a very large block, passing it on the right. Head left at the base of the cliff. The first pitch can be rappelled with one 60m rope. From the top of the 2nd pitch, walk left and rappel Casa Emilio, or walk further and descend Roger's Escape Hatch.
Just off the ground, approaching the left-facing f...
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Becky Diamond beginning the diagonal up right to t...
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Approaching the roof.
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Matching on the good edge, which also makes a disc...
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By GoBotRocker
From: Spfld, Ma
Jul 4, 2006
| In the photo of the girl placing the #1 Camalot (what is it with # 1 Camalots), I chose to use a smaller cam and moved it to the right as far as I could, hoping it would be less likely to rip out due to the flex in the flake...
I'm 5'8" and I was able to reach the hold without performing any magic tricks.
Otherwise a great roof climb, especially when the feet cut loose.
While you're there, Casa Emilio at 5.4 has a nice top pitch; great for new leaders. |
By Zach Allen
Nov 20, 2006
rating: 5.8
| Great route on a beautiful part of the cliff. I'm 5'6" and didn't find the difficulty to be height dependent. |
By Bob Hayes
Apr 23, 2007
| Great first pitch. Don't bother with the second pitch even though Williams gives it a thumbs up. It's got little to offer in terms of movement and the lichen is still pretty thick. |
By Fat Paul
From: nj
Nov 9, 2009
| Concur with Bob H. that 2nd pitch has little to offer. One of the worst pitches I have done at the Gunks. Plenty of lichen and pine needles. Loose block just above the nice ledge about a third of the way up. |
By Jay Harrison
Jan 17, 2010
| I can't believe that casketizer flake at the crux is still there. It gave me the shivers cranking on it 30 years ago. |
By Kalil Oldham
From: NY, NY
Oct 22, 2011
| I liked the climb, but the pins and the flake are indeed sketchy. While standing on the flexing flake (protected from the back with a "bomber" number 3 C4), I also felt the best horizontal over the roof wiggling. Seems like there's a ton of choss under the roof as well. Then again, it's probably been that way for a long time. Climb on! |
By Simon Thompson
From: New Paltz, NY
Apr 27, 2013
rating: 5.9-
| Another one of those astounding Gunks crux flakes! |
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