End Pin  5.10d PG13

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Type:  Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet Consensus:  5.10c/d [details] FA:  FA: Wiegand & Cleveland '70. FFA: Goldstne & Williams, '75 Season:  any Submitted By:  Tony B on Jul 30, 2006 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (8) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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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.

Location 

On the East Face of the End Pin, staring you in the face as you look at the End Pin formation.

Protection 

A few small cams and nuts plus 2 bolts.