The Easy Chair 5.9-
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| Type: | Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.9- [details] |
| FA: | Scott Baxter, Karl Karlstrom |
| Submitted By: | Orphaned on May 11, 2007 |
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The start of the line. The route goes up and to t...
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Description originally rated 5.8 (in RR's), then upgraded to 5.9-, the grade of the route varies from day to day, and sometimes feels into the lower 5.10's. The key is it is a strenuous lie-back. Fine gear once established, a real Granite Mountain must do.
Location the farthest right dihedral before the descent gully.
Protection stoppers, double set camming devices to 4"
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By CJC
Nov 18, 2008
| for the onsight, i'd call it granite mt 9+
and don't do it in july or it will feel like 10c |
By ccmski
From: Prescott, AZ
Oct 17, 2009
rating: 5.9-
| Be careful of rope drag when protecting the early roof- it will be paralyzing later on. Gear is 2x from green alien to #3 BD. Shoes for the walk off are really nice. |
By Paul Davidson
Nov 11, 2009
| You don't see this done very often, at least I haven't.
Done it twice on lead and seen one party TR it.
Bit of a long walk for one pitch...
Good pitch to do on your way down from the top and you're not done yet.
Or after a hang at the front port.
It's somewhat unique for the Mnt.
Over the years, I've heard many folks call this a sandbag.
It's certainly got it's moments.
It's not what you want to stick a rookie 5.9 leader on.
Maybe cams reduce the error factor since it's a lot easier to plug and pray one of those than a wired stopper.
Piece of history, I once asked Baxter about the name.
He just looked at me and said:
"What do you do in an Easy Chair ?"
uhhh I don't know, sleep? drink beer? watch baseball?
oh, duhhh, You ..... |
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