The Black Corner
5.9 YDS 5c French 17 Ewbanks VI UIAA 17 ZA HVS 5a British PG13
Avg: 2.5 from 2 votes
Type: | Trad, Alpine, 200 ft (61 m), 2 pitches |
FA: | Chris O'Connor, Anthony Cangelosi, Chris Galis July 15, 2007 |
Page Views: | 2,194 total · 11/month |
Shared By: | Chris O'Connor on Jul 16, 2007 |
Admins: | Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC |
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Description
Start and the big ledge which runs along the base of most of the cliff, and below the big black streaked corner. There are two sections of 5.6 R slab climbing on this climb.
P(1) 5.9 (5.5 R), Move up on mostly unprotected slab for 40ft 5.5, then move up through the corner for 60ft via liebacks, sidepulls, mantles, and underclings. Belay of the left side of a grassy ledge with aspen trees.
P(2) 5.6 R, Move up and then right across a slab to a close to vertical wall with jugs and broken cracks continue up to a crack in the headwall, pull over bulging crack on jugs and move a across a slab to a crack and the top of the cliff.
P(1) 5.9 (5.5 R), Move up on mostly unprotected slab for 40ft 5.5, then move up through the corner for 60ft via liebacks, sidepulls, mantles, and underclings. Belay of the left side of a grassy ledge with aspen trees.
P(2) 5.6 R, Move up and then right across a slab to a close to vertical wall with jugs and broken cracks continue up to a crack in the headwall, pull over bulging crack on jugs and move a across a slab to a crack and the top of the cliff.
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