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Nine in Black

Name: Nine in Black
Rating: 2.3

5.9 YDS 5c French 17 Ewbanks VI UIAA 17 ZA HVS 5a British

Routes in Trilogy Buttress

L › R R › L A › Z

	Along Came a Strider S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Frodo Lives S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Gollum's Column S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Lord of the Slings S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	My Precious T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Nine in Black S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Ranger Walk T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13
	Return of the King S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Road to Rivendell, The TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Shadow and Flame S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Shards of Narsil S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Unknown name S 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Wizardly Way S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b

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Type:	Sport, 100 ft (30 m)
FA:	Jim and Christian Knight
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Shared By:	Perin Blanchard on Nov 3, 2007
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Description

Fun climbing on fairly solid quartzite, with the occasional loose hold and plenty of loose, smaller rocks to keep your belayer paying attention.

Start up on positive edges, with a few small ledges on the way. Surmount a small roof (which looks harder from the ground than it turns out to be) and find yourself at a broken crack. The last bolt is to your right. Clip it and either climb up next to the crack or traverse right bit, climb over the bolt and up to the anchors.

This is a great first pitch for continuing up to the upper face of Trilogy Buttress, or this is a reasonable route in its own right.

Location

After reaching the lower, south facing buttress containing the original, 5.6 first pitch of Lord of the Slings, continue around to the left looking for a bolted line on the wall to your right. On a face that faces more south than west the first bolt of this route is visible about 15 feet up and has a rusty patina.