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La Escuela
5.11b YDS 6c French 23 Ewbanks VIII- UIAA 23 ZA E3 5c British
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Routes in The Slack to West Buttress
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Captain Hook, Left T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Captain Hook, Right T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Delectable Pinnacle, Left T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a |
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Delectable Pinnacle, Right T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Indubious Battle T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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La Escuela T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c |
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Mark of Art T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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Peter Left T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Peter Pan T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Practice Nailing Route T A2+ |
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Sacherer Cracker T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Short But Thin T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c |
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Slack Center, The T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Slack, Left, The T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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West Buttress (pitch 1&2) T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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| Type: | Trad, 220 ft (67 m), 3 pitches |
| FA: | Yvon Chouinard and TM Herbert (May, '62) -- FFA: Steve Wunsch and Mark Chapman ('73) |
| Page Views: | 5,358 total · 34/month |
| Shared By: | Bryan G on Mar 11, 2011 |
| Admins: | Mike Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer Ski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes |
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Description
This is an old aid line that now makes for a stout 5.11 test-piece. It starts about 100 ft up the hill from Sacherer Cracker. Look for the beautiful, left-leaning, shallow corner.
Pitch 1 (5.11b) - This thing is in your face right from the get-go. Leaning, polished, insecure, awkward. Even on toprope I felt like the first pitch was over my head. Knowing how to use blown-out and frictionless pin scars is key here. A severe lack of footholds makes placing gear an energy-sapping ordeal. This first pitch also tends to seep water after rain storms. Belay at the bolted anchor on a small ledge about 60 feet up. Or I suppose, you can link this into the second pitch if you're some sort of superhuman.
Pitch 2 (5.11a) - Fantastic! The climbing is still tough but much more straightforward and fun. Lieback and finger jam up the stellar arching crack. No crux, just endurance. There's a couple fixed pins along the way which help keep you moving. Round the bulge at the top and belay at bolts on a ledge.
There's actually two options here, both are quality pitches:
Regular Finish (5.10a) - Climb up and right, heading up the corner. There's a roof shortly above the belay that is easiest to pass on the right. Then handjam up the corner until it thins to fingers. The final few feet are the crux.
Alternate Finish (5.9) - Follow the obvious splitter straight up from the belay. It varies in size from hands, to fists, and a short grunt section of offwidth. I recall there being some loose looking rock near the end and opted to finish further left up a 5.7 offwidth in a corner. There's a 2 bolt anchor on top of this one too.
Descent: It is actually possible to rap straight to the ground from the top of P3 with two 60m ropes. The climb is more than 60m tall, but the rappel takes you to a point higher up the talus than the start of the route.
It may be possible to rappel the route with one 70m rope (maybe even a 60m?) but swinging over to the anchors at the top of the first pitch would be a pain because P2 traverses so much.
Pitch 1 (5.11b) - This thing is in your face right from the get-go. Leaning, polished, insecure, awkward. Even on toprope I felt like the first pitch was over my head. Knowing how to use blown-out and frictionless pin scars is key here. A severe lack of footholds makes placing gear an energy-sapping ordeal. This first pitch also tends to seep water after rain storms. Belay at the bolted anchor on a small ledge about 60 feet up. Or I suppose, you can link this into the second pitch if you're some sort of superhuman.
Pitch 2 (5.11a) - Fantastic! The climbing is still tough but much more straightforward and fun. Lieback and finger jam up the stellar arching crack. No crux, just endurance. There's a couple fixed pins along the way which help keep you moving. Round the bulge at the top and belay at bolts on a ledge.
There's actually two options here, both are quality pitches:
Regular Finish (5.10a) - Climb up and right, heading up the corner. There's a roof shortly above the belay that is easiest to pass on the right. Then handjam up the corner until it thins to fingers. The final few feet are the crux.
Alternate Finish (5.9) - Follow the obvious splitter straight up from the belay. It varies in size from hands, to fists, and a short grunt section of offwidth. I recall there being some loose looking rock near the end and opted to finish further left up a 5.7 offwidth in a corner. There's a 2 bolt anchor on top of this one too.
Descent: It is actually possible to rap straight to the ground from the top of P3 with two 60m ropes. The climb is more than 60m tall, but the rappel takes you to a point higher up the talus than the start of the route.
It may be possible to rappel the route with one 70m rope (maybe even a 60m?) but swinging over to the anchors at the top of the first pitch would be a pain because P2 traverses so much.
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