Pete and Benz 5.7
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| Type: | Trad, 2 pitches, 190 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.7 [details] |
| FA: | Tom E. & Tom Austin, 1981 |
| Submitted By: | Joe Keyser on Sep 8, 2002 |
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Dave G. leads Pete and Benz.
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Description This route is on the left section of the rock. Climb up about 150 feet of easy rock to the base of the final headwall. The first pitch lets you choose from a variety of easy cracks, and slabs, mostly 5.4, and maybe a move or two of 5.7 depending on where you go. It is possible to traverse off left before you end the pitch. Watch out for some loose blocks on this pitch. The book gave this an R, but, I dont really think so as long as you are careful about loose stuff.
The second pitch headwall is very nice, but also, very short. There are about three cracks to choose from on this section, we took the rightmost hand crack. If this crack was three times as long, it would get three stars. But, the summit is nice, and you walk off straight back, and left, passing a very short 5.11a (boulder problem) on the back side of the crag. The view from the summit is spectacular with Pike's Peak in front of you. I'd recomend this as a warm up for the cracks on the right side of the crag....
Protection Standard rack.
| Comments on Pete and Benz |
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By pete cogan
Aug 2, 2004
| There is a 2 bolt anchor at 100 feet. You can just rap it with a 60m rope. Fun route. |
By Tom A.
From: Co. Springs
Jan 29, 2008
| First ascent Tom Austin and Tom E. 1981. Steve Cheney called this Tom Squared one afternoon after looking at pictures. |
By Rich F.
From: Colorado Springs, CO
Nov 5, 2010
rating: 5.7
| This was a great climb. The rock is excellent and the steep 5.7 parallel finger cracks on the 2nd pitch were really fun. The view from the top of Parachute Rock is fantastic. The anchors and rap rings for both belay stations are in great shape. We rapped down. |
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