SS Maywood 5.10
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| Type: | Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.10b [details] |
| FA: | Steve Matous & Scott Heywood, 1975 |
| Submitted By: | Brian Milhaupt on May 4, 2002 |
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Chalk up man, there's still a long way to go!
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Description A good wide hand and fist crack on the North Corner. This route sees very little sun. Approach from FR705AF parking area. Hike past the 8 Ball, then uphill to the left of Long John's Tower which is directly behind the 8 Ball (tough break) with several good looking easy cracks on its north face. From the ridge left of Long John's Tower, the climb is clearly visible as a giant, left-facing dihedral on the left side of North Corner. Approach from the ledge on the right. Good rap rings, 100' depending upon where you belay.
Protection Camalots: #2-3.5, several of each.
By Joe Collins
Aug 11, 2003
| You'll need two ropes to get back down to the ground from the rap anchors at the top of the dihedral. One 60m rope will deposit you on the low angle slab and will probably require a weird downclimb. I was glad to have one #4 Camalot and one #4 Friend for this pitch, and even then I was doing a ton of backcleaning and cam walking. For the small fisted, this quickly turns into an OW-fest since the better jams are in the back of the crack |
By Old Fart aka Dave Bohn
Oct 13, 2003
| I haven't been to Alaska, but I've never seen so many mosquitos in my life, in the trees and at the base of this climb ! We ran out screaming!!! |
By nolteboy
Apr 18, 2005
| A great route for summertime, this is sort of a lost classic. Be ready for some fisticuffs. |
By Steve Matous
May 26, 2006
| FA-Steve Matous follwoed by Scott Heywood 1975. Thus we named it SS MayWood. |
By Steven Lucarelli
From: Moab, UT
Apr 30, 2007
rating: 5.10
| This is a great route but I think one #4 Camalot and two or three #3.5 Camalots would be a better gear selection. I found that most of the #4 placements were tight and overcammed. |
By Mike D
From: Fort Collins, CO
Aug 14, 2007
rating: 5.10
| I lead this great climb cleanly yesterday after two previous ascents (one follow and one lead with a hang). Toughing it out for the full length was the crux for me.
My rack included a couple 4friends and a few 4 Camalots plus DEET. |
By Princess Mia
From: Vail
Jul 17, 2012
rating: 5.10
| If you have a 70 m rope you can rap to the ground, no problem!!! The ends just reach the ground so know your middle.......
I say 3 BD#2 and a bunch of BD#3, BD#4 and one BD#4.5. There is really only one place for the latter.....
It does go down to BD#3 at the top. |
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