The Drain Pipe  5.11b

768 page views Good page?

Type:  Trad, 2 pitches, 200 feet Consensus:  5.11b [details] FA:  Larry Harrell & Charlie Raymond, March 1967 FFA: John Long, Richard Harrison & Rick Accomazzo, 1973 Season:  Spring - Fall Submitted By:  Chris Owen on Mar 4, 2006 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (2) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

Add Photo  Add Comment    Printer View

Description 

Scrambling leads to a tree belay at the top of P1 of Gates of Delirium.

P1 Traverse right to ease to a bolt clip then very thin moves (exposed crux) to gain the bottom of the crack (nut/cam). The crack provides frantic trickiness of a different nature, past pitons to a ledge below the real Drain Pipe pitch.

P2 Laybacking and jamming with good pro, and in a wonderful position leads to a fitting finale: hand traverse right under Piasano Pinnacle, what a great pitch!

Location 

Same descent as Valhalla etc.

Protection 

1 Bolt, 2 pitons, nuts, cams.