New Rap Route on Notchtop Beta?
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I was wondering if anyone has any beta regarding the new rap route mentioned on the MP Notchtop page. See below... |
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Thats about as good as it gets for beta. My partner and I did the raps a few weeks ago and this topo is pretty right on. Gillett mentions it in his book but doesnt give much detail. Our experience was that the summit block rap station was in very poor shape (lots of tat) and we didnt have time to fix it so we downclimbed down to the first bolt station. It was a little scary being the second on the downclimb through loose blocks and a wet gully. After that the raps were perfect. |
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Thanks!! Not sure how I missed this topo.. |
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Just did the Direct South Ridge last weekend and took the raps down. From the top of the DSR, traverse climber's right to the obvious boulder with ropes wrapped around it (they looked good enough last weekend but bring 20-30 feet of accessory cord if you want to back them up.) From there, follow the topo down(it is spot on.) The raps should be the least of your worries....like most parties we got lost on the 4th pitch (as described on Mtn Proj.) From the large ledge on the arete we headed left and up on the west face but missed a way to get back to the arete. Instead we climbed the west face, past the rightmost of two abandoned nuts (at about the 40 ft mark) and up a fun, thin 5.10 dihedral all the way to the summit. |
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This photo includes the rap route on the west face of Notchtop.
From the spiral route description on climbinglife. |
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Nice topo from 2008. Tracy and I attempted the rap route and missed the first anchor and were short reaching the second. Horrors. But that third anchor was very nice. Thanks for making that topo. Was it you, Les? |