Mountain Project: Climbing Rumney

Climb named after the Rolling Stones album Beggar's Banquet, song. The climb is on clean enough doable rock, in a not so clean rock area. Climbing traffic would improve the surface. It has not been brushed and is in its natural condition.
Start at the cracked rock, shallow overhang bulge that is (5.7) stopper protected. Go direct to pin and move left to a large flake horn to hero loop. Clip bolt above the flake. Move right and up to get to another bolt (5.8) and higher right pin at stance. Go past pin and move left to giant protruding rock (the blade) that was the aided crux. This crux required a shallow pin placement after a bolt (5.7) drilling placement. The pin popped out on the first try. Second try shallow tied off pin held. Placed last bolt and pin above the crux for rappel. Checked out moves and probably (5.? )free. Did not have the stamina to finish it to a higher stance. I was climbing with an immediately injured wrist. Fell hiking to climb. I intended to go left after stance at base of ramp to clean inclining corner crack facing right (I was seeing things). Directly up Looked very nice also (very dirty above anchors). Intended to go higher and mantle onto the tree ledge. Here there 20ft high and wide quartz wall. Probably a free way up it, it being quartz.
The blade of rock definitely goes free with a lot of sequential arm power or otherwise our inability too lift our legs into it. Frustrating and I got through some of it before not getting over the crux (C0). The climb goes PG13 after that, with easier as you get higher moves to do for the rappel anchors. Moss and lichen above here or entering the 'Lichen Dike' is doable. The route stops 10-12ft above last bolt at the stance.
Temporary rappel anchors and the climb to this station was done with Ed Hasse.

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Four bolts, three pins, one long sling, one medium stopper. Two bolt rappel anchor with temporary snap links.

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By matthewWallace
From: plymouth, nh
Aug 7, 2012
rating: 5.8

I climbed this free to the pin and bolt anchor on Friday 8/3/2012.

I feel it goes at 5.8 to the current anchor. If the route gets extended it will become harder pulling over the overlap by the current anchor. The route is dirty right now now and gets one star. I didnt not find any PG13 climbing and it deserves 1 star.

Should I post a new route description for the free route?

By bradley white
From: Rumney, N.H.
Aug 7, 2012

I'll change it to 5.8 and see how many votes it gets to agree on its grade. Did you go a little past the rappel clip to stem above the blade? That should be a nine like foot smear and maybe not.

By john strand
From: southern colo
Aug 7, 2012

Bradley.. I gotta say my man.. you are whacked !

By bradley white
From: Rumney, N.H.
Aug 8, 2012

I third that and etc. Another log added to the fire of comments not about routes though. Whacked is good. I like to get whacked often. Hassig's Memorial is whacked and a awesome block in the ceiling is on it.
I usually get whacked before I climb at Utopia. Going there today, soon whacked in deed. Get whacked. I almost got whacked in the eye. Climbed a new way up in Utopia late in the day. Another wacky adventure.

By john strand
From: southern colo
Aug 8, 2012

like i have always said bradley-- f#*k'm

By matthewWallace
From: plymouth, nh
Aug 12, 2012
rating: 5.8

Bradley I clipped from and undercling on the large rock blade and reached up to the fixed anchor. I stopped climbing there because it is a logical place for the route to stop and it is where people will stop because of where the anchors are placed.

By Timmijal
Nov 27, 2012

I climbed this the other day with a friend of mine and i noticed that the anchors were set back further then when I had originally climbed it with Matt Wallace. I was just wondering why this was done? I will say having to pull the weird horn bulge was fun and interesting, but were there any other reasons for moving them; seems like an odd thing to do?

By bradley white
From: Rumney, N.H.
Dec 8, 2012

The original anchors were for retreat. The anchors now are where I planned too put them. Getting through the horn was why I went up there. You did the FFA unless you hung around at the horn. Is it 5.8+?

By Timmijal
Dec 18, 2012

I would say the bulge was a 5.9 or 5.9+ move. Not too bad considering it is kind of awkward.

Jigsaw Puzzle

5.8+ C0 PG13

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