Entering the layback corner...thanks to Paul for t...
Description
A must-do! For most of its length, Flying Frog is delicate face climbing on crimpy holds with sparse but adequate pro. When you reach the top of this long expanse of beautiful black rock, you'll feel like you've done something special.
Climb the face past a small tree growing out of a crack (keep the tree to your right). Continue up the face, trending left, and on to a right-facing dihedral near the top. Climb the dihedral to finish on a ledge.
NOTE: If you're not ready to lead this one yet, Flying Frog can be toproped after leading Mescaline Daydream and rapping on double ropes.
Location
Starts about 30' right of Mescaline Daydream on the upper trail. Rap from the anchors shared with Mescaline Daydream.
Protection
Plenty of small stuff -- nuts and doubles in the smaller cams. Bolted rap anchors up top.
Fun face climbing to a short liebacking/hand jamming corner to finish. The technical crux is down low, moving through a shallow fingerlock pod, but leaders at their limit or those not used to actual jamming will likely find the crux in the final corner. Probably the best quality indidvidual pitch I've done in the Gorge.
By Paul Barnes From: Gainesville, Georgia Sep 20, 2008
TR'd this one today after doing Mescaline Daydream, and...wow...just WOW! What an absolutely incredible pitch this is. I concur this has got to be the single finest pitch in the Gorge, hands down.
10+ leaders good with small gear should be ALL OVER this one. Either way you wanna do it DO NOT miss this pitch.
One of the finest pitches of the grade that I have done in all of the SE...it's a long one and has a bit of everything favoring technical face climbing.
RSS Feed
Slideshow
