Digital Delight 5.8
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| Type: | Trad, 4 pitches, 300 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.8 [details] |
| FA: | Keith Robinson - 1974 |
| Submitted By: | saxfiend on Dec 15, 2006 |
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Moving up after the traverse on P4 of Digital Deli...
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Description One of the few moderates in the gorge, Digital Delight is a fun challenge for the leader breaking into the 5.8 grade. Most climbers skip the dirty first pitch, instead opting to take the trail switchback to the big ledge at the top of P1 and start on the second pitch. This is one of a few climbs that tops out on the lip of the gorge.
P1 - climb a vegetated corner that angles up and right to a tree ledge (actually a continuation of the base trail). 60'
P2 - work your way up a chimney, passing a tree, to a sizeable ledge; move left to belay. 80'
P3 - stem and crack climb up a nice orange corner, leading to another ledge. Avoid knocking off loose rock as you move left to a slung tree and belay. 50'
P4 - traverse slightly left from the belay, then move up a right-facing corner, trending right under roofs, and continue to the top of the gorge. 110'
Location Starts down the trail from Primitive Paradox, about 50' right of Highly Wired. Double-rope rap from a stout cable on a tree at the topout.
Protection Standard rack; small to medium gear. No bolted belays/anchors.
Cracking the whip to clear a snag on Digital Delig...
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1st or 2nd pitch of DD
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Ben Lyon and Ryan Howa at the gear belay at the to...
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Rapping down Digital Delight, a much quicker way t...
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| Comments on Digital Delight |
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By Br'er Rabbit
From: The Deeper South
Mar 29, 2007
| Best way out of the gorge to avoid a hike out. P4 gets loose, reachy, and thin as you trend right. As an option, trend left for hard climbing but more holds and less loose rock. |
By Joey Wolfe
Feb 26, 2008
| The gear on the open book corner pitch(pitch three by the above description) is thin, small stoppers are useful. |
By Paul Barnes
From: Gainesville, Georgia
Nov 30, 2009
rating: 5.8
| The final pitch is kinda chossy and runout. Good position, though, and a bit of problem to solve on the exit moves.
Good fun. |
By s f
From: GA/CO
Dec 1, 2009
| Classic moderate...probably climbed this route 20 times. Consider skipping pitch one and combining two and three. The gear leading up to the crux on pitch three can be tricky, but then you can slot a perfect nut. Beware, a key jug has a huge crack and could break one day (grab it on the left). Be careful of the loose blocks on the pitch four belay. Then, head up and left from the belay past a flake to a cramped ledge under the roof. Step out and right, keeping right. The top out is a blast. |
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