Pandora 5.12a/b
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| Type: | Sport, 1 pitch, 110 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.12b [details] |
| FA: | Kimber Almond and Tony Calvert July 1995 |
| Season: | spring summer fall |
| Submitted By: | tenesmus on Jul 20, 2010 |
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Pandora
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As for all Hellgate areas
Park your car off of the main canyon road.
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Description 3 cruxes. Start in the easy, low angle crack, moving up the the initial vertical headwall for an awkward boulder problem with about 10 different variations on holds that never seem all that great (or are really huge, depending on what you found) At the top of the dihedral, move right to a great rest and get psyched for the next crux. The steep face above is why you came and sports long moves on enormous holds, with a full bag of sport climbing tricks that I didn't expect to use. The more creative you are, the easier it gets and powering through is far less fun. Crux 3 starts with the fist crack over left in a dihedral, clipping the final two bolts and pulling the lip to the chains.
Location Just right of Medussa. Its initially hard to see the bolts on the headwall, but its all in there. Look to the white roof for the middle crux. Easy to scope this out and even get to the anchors from Medussa.
Protection Probably 3 pieces are fine and only to protect the easy but runnout moves before each crux. I liked .4 or a .5, 1 and 3 camalots but you might want something slightly different. Loads of very long draws and runners - enough to cover the 10 bolts whatever gear you choose and the chains. It helps to have 2 or 3 super long runners to straighten the rope out.
By tenesmus
Jul 20, 2010
| Its easy to work this after you warm up on Medussa. I like how each crux is different, making it feel like 3 different climbs. Sort of the Teeanova of Hellgate but with more memorable cruxes, position and (obviously) variable rock. |
By bheller
From: SL UT
Jul 21, 2010
rating: 5.12b
| This really is a "whole package" route. Diverse climbing, some tricky cruxes, big exposure, strange rock... if it wasn't plauged by choss and didn't offer a big shelf rest after the first crux, I'd offer another star. I think Tenesmus meant 35 meters- I remember a 70 being just right for being lowered off. |
By tenesmus
Jul 21, 2010
| Maybe it hadn't been climbed for a while before you got on, or maybe you cleaned it really well? All the rock at Hellgate is suspect, but those marbelly jugs were generally solid with a few needing a brushing. The rock at the very top seemed to be the most friable but the rest didn't seem to shed as badly. I doubt this has ever been a high traffic route, but its cooler than Medussa by a long ways and should get done more.
Did I mention its easy to TR and work out? |
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