Type: | Trad, Sport, 70 ft (21 m) |
FA: | FA: Wiegand & Cleveland '70. FFA: Goldstne & Williams, '75 |
Page Views: | 1,865 total · 9/month |
Shared By: | Tony B on Jul 30, 2006 |
Admins: | Peter Gram, Greg Parker, Mikel Madsen, Mark Rafferty |
Description
A great route, but a rough intro as a first route in the needles. It requires great faith in the friction here.
Climb up the East Face cracks past a bit of gear and a pin, reaching a bolt. Get into a good stance and figure your way past a bulge just below a second bolt, you may or may not decide to place a micro-cam in a little constriction below a slick fingerlock entering the crux. I placed it. My partner did not. Then again, I caught a few hefty falls due to that too... I think it would hold a fall. Anyway, it is a little in the way of the climbing. Complete the crux, reach over and clip the second bolt, then proceed on pretty good holds and easier moves (5.8+?) to the top, but probably pumped.
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