Smokestack 5.9+
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| Type: | Sport |
| Consensus: | 5.9+ [details] |
| FA: | Sport version -Ed Esmond 8/98, but found to have been previously lead trad by Tim Gotwells |
| Submitted By: | lee hansche on Jul 26, 2007 |
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Kayte deep in the layback crack.
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Description A wakeup call for sporty sport climbers I'm sure... You will find all kinds of moves on this route that are hard to find elsewhere at Rumney... Thought provoking chimneys,and cracks, even a little off-width technique will come in handy... Most of the bolts are close together but there are a couple that might make someone shaky if they are used to Rumney's close bolts...
Start up the chimney, remember that using your feet well will help you conserve Energy for the strenuous moves at the top... As the chimney ends make moves left to a good stance and figure a way through a "boulder problem" where you have a few choices (i stay left) to another stance then run it out a little on easy ground to your next bolt and the final chimney/offwidth... Stem for a bit then get in to the squeeze chimney reaching back deep for holds and eventually laying back a few moves to a good hold at the top... Clip the chains and catch your breath...
There are many options as far as what moves and techniques you will use this is just my take on it...
It is sad that this route is very often wet...
Location The dark (often wet) chimney on the right side of the crag...
Protection 9 bolts to anchor
Kayte Knower decides to chimney the layback part a...
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Kayte climbing the lower half of the route.
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great route, questionable beta
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Tegan on what we call a "Rumney runout" when you a...
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tegan... yup the knee bars work up there... it giv...
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By M Sprague
Administrator
From: New England
Aug 15, 2007
| This was lead originally on gear by Tim Gotwells and called Cold Shoulder, then left fallow for many years until unknowingly retroed by Esmond. It is now a quite popular route when dry. An excellent route for warming up before the harder routes as it uses your whole body. There are several ways to do the top, some more pretty than others! The anchors are right next to those of Strict Scrutiny 13d and the mostly abandoned Paradox. |
By Jay Knower
Administrator
From: Plymouth, NH
Aug 20, 2007
rating: 5.9+
| The best 5.9 at Rumney. |
By Jay Knower
Administrator
From: Plymouth, NH
Aug 29, 2008
rating: 5.9+
| I climbed this again today and I have to say that it was just as excellent as I remembered it. I made a pact with my belayer that from this day on, I will climb it to kick off the fall climbing season every year. She, unfortunately, did not buy in to the pact. |
By Kayte Knower
Sep 2, 2008
| I concur. The best 5.9 at Rumney. Definitely not your average sport climb. |
By David Aguasca!
From: New York
Sep 4, 2008
| Definitely deserves every star. This kind of climbing is pretty rare at a place like rumney. |
By matthewWallace
From: plymouth, nh
Mar 3, 2009
rating: 5.9+
| Judging by the high praise for this route it will be one of the first routes I get on this spring... cant wait, you all got my interest going! |
By Mike Thompson
From: Manchester NH
Mar 3, 2009
| this.... looks..... SICK!!! im so pumped to get on this this spring! matt if you want a partner im here for ya! :) |
By lee hansche
Administrator
From: goffstown, nh
Mar 3, 2009
| Sorry mike this route stays wet for a long time in the spring... thats one reason it took me so long to get around to doing it... always wet... |
By matthewWallace
From: plymouth, nh
Mar 4, 2009
rating: 5.9+
| yeah mike we will def get out this spring and if this is a dry route we will have to tackle it |
By Bjorn
From: Near Joshua Tree
May 25, 2009
| My favorite 9 at Rumney. It's even better if you ignore the bolts and enjoy some perfectly G-rated rock climbing. It's a mystery to me why this was ever bolted. Defeats the whole character of the climb. |
By M Sprague
Administrator
From: New England
May 25, 2009
| I personally find it more enjoyable climbing it the way it is, and not with a full rack of giant cams swinging around and getting caught as I chimney up the bottom of the often wet start. I wouldn't advocating it being bolted if it was elsewhere, but there is something to be said for the fact that despite being on a very popular crag, the climb lay dormant for something like 25 years until Ed cleaned and bolted the thing. Now people have fun on it all the time. |
By bradley white
From: Rumney, N.H.
Aug 2, 2009
| Bill and I enjoyed climbing this route in the mid 80's |
By Ming
Jul 2, 2012
| No way I can squeeze in the chimney at the top! I had to do the layback move and it is pretty rad. Loved it! |
By lee hansche
Administrator
From: goffstown, nh
Jul 21, 2012
| Did this again today for the second time ever... yeah, its the best 5.9 at rumney... such a great climb!!!!!!!!!!
when this one is wet though (most of the time) Bbbutress is the the best 5.9 that is always dry :)
ps. i used 3 kneebars in the layback section.... |
By S. Neoh
Jul 21, 2012
rating: 5.10a
| Lee, using knee-bars on this one is 'cheating'. You have long legs!
Really unusual sport route. Pumpy!! |
By lee hansche
Administrator
From: goffstown, nh
Jul 21, 2012
| knee bars are always "cheating" haha... but the knee beta worked fine for my much shorter friend too... so :P |
By jdavis
From: New Hampshire
Sep 16, 2012
| Did I overlook a bolt in the middle section? I only counted 8 to the anchor, and there was a pretty sizable runout on the easier ground after the first chimney. |
By Mike C. Robinson
From: Rumney, NH
May 3, 2013
| Best 9+ in Rumney! (with b b buttress being the best 5.9)
Tricky with some good trad like moves. |
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