The Leisure Route 5.8
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| Type: | Trad, Alpine, 2 pitches, 280 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.8 [details] |
| FA: | Troy Anderson and Tyler Phillips 03-23-08 |
| New Route: | Yes |
| Season: | When its dry |
| Submitted By: | Stevie Nacho on Mar 23, 2008 |
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Durf on the first pitch
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Description This route offers one long and clean slab pitch and one steeper pitch. Many old routes have been done on this wall, but this is the first to go directly up the guts of the storm mtn cliff. PITCH ONE: Once the first bolt is located in the gully, follow five bolts, pass a two bolt (sub anchor),then pass one more bolt to another bolted belay with black webbing. Expect runouts between easy climbing. PITCH TWO: angle up and left past a painted and really hidden bolt (12' up from the belay), a fixed knifeblade, then climb under the triangle roof. Place some cams then climb up and left towards four bolts on the edge of an arete. After the bolts enjoy easy climbing up beautiful stopper cracks to a two bolt anchor. There is a mystery anchor at the rim of the top of the pitch. This may be for the ice route in the winter. The anchor for the Leisure route is up and right from this old anchor.
Location Walk up the gully to the left of the storm mtn falls. Look for a bolt about 20' up from the gully. To descend, rap a single rope into the void and walk the slab to get back to the second pitch anchor. From here, rap to the sub anchor, then down. If you bring two ropes, you can skip the sub anchor. TIE KNOTS IN THE END OF THE ROPE WHEN DROPPING THE FIRST RAPPEL
Protection quickdraws, a few slings, one #1 camalot, one #2 camalot, one #3 camalot. One set of BD nuts,helmets. All belays are bolted.
BETA PHOTO: This is a rough sketch of the Leisure route in fro...
| Durf showing how easy the climbing of the Leisure ...
| Sir Richard stemming over the crux steep part of p...
| A leisurely outing on a nice fall day. Boissal an...
| Boissal and JG spot other, less worthy objectives.
| The stem, but possibly a look of worry?
| Cruxing at the very top!
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| Comments on The Leisure Route |
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By Bill Bones Apr 21, 2008
| Very cool route. I must say it was very Leisure. That Stevie Nacho sure knows how to find the good routes. |
By Stevie Nacho From: Utah Apr 30, 2008
| The anchor on the top pitch needs larger rap rings. The rope pull would be much easier. |
By Bill Bones May 23, 2008
| Its about time that someone in the great and mighty Wasatch see that there are great routes to be had off the beaten path. Wonderful gem and I hope it gains respect. |
By Stevie Nacho From: Utah May 24, 2008
| WOW! I'm really excited to see that people are enjoying this route. This line is really fun and exceptionally exciting. Good Times, The Nacho |
By James Garrett Nov 17, 2008 rating: 5.8 R
| Sorry Stevie...I really wanted to like this climb and expected to do so. It just didn't seem to be a 5.8 climb for 5.8 leaders like myself, I guess? I was coming off an injury, but I was seconding! What is with all the anchors all over the place up there? Nice climbing, though and nice movement. good find. 5.8R/almostX? |
By Luke Douglas Nov 18, 2008
| Stevie, Way to pay respect to the old school! Stevie hates all people, including 5.8 leaders. Ask him he will tell ya himself. Luked |
By Stevie Nacho From: Utah Nov 18, 2008
| Luke, you hit it head on regarding my "vision" for this route. I wanted to keep it as old school as possible. Its great to climb easy terrain yet be concerned for your life. The only section of this route that could be dangerous is the easy 5.6 at the bottom. The Leisure route will keep people on their toes and possibly able them for adventures in the desert. A definate must do. James, Thanks for your comment on this rad route. Please go back when you aren't coming back from an injury. From what climbing I've seen you do, leads me to believe you'll send easily and really enjoy it. Cheers my friends, The Nacho Previously known as TDA |
By cdec From: SLC and Moab, ut Jul 8, 2011
| I climbed this for the second time today and it is really fun. I have to say that I am a bit confused by the way it was protected though. The first pitch is sparsely protected and certainly R which is fine. The climbing through the run-outs is easy enough. What puzzles me is this. If the 1st pitch a nod to the old school, why is the second pitch is so well protected? 3 fixed pieces on easy ground before the roof, # 2 cam placement in the crack at the roof that you can still touch when clipping the first of the 4 bolts on the final bit to the chains. The 2 pitches couldn't be more opposite in how they were equipped. This thing could be one of the BCC classics and getting a ton of traffic if, dare I say it, a bolt or two were added by the FA party. As it is now between the R rating and Mr. Garrett's comments this fantastic route isn't being climbed as much as it should and that's a shame. |
By Stevie Nacho From: Utah Jul 8, 2011
| I bolted this route roped solo. I remember being concerned with the second pitch being hard to clean while on solo. I really didn't want to have the "touching the void" situation for anybody seconding this pitch including myself during the first ascent. Thats the reason for the protection placement on the second pitch. The second pitch travels diagonally so I protected it better for the seconding climber. The first pitch is super easy and straight so I protected it less. Fun route -TDA |
By cdec From: SLC and Moab, ut Jul 23, 2011
| Stevie, Good point about the traverse. Thanks for the doing it. Get out and climb this thing. |
By Stevie Nacho From: Utah Mar 26, 2012
| I went back and added four bolts to the first pitch, moved a bolt up high, and added chain to two of the three belays. I feel this route is no longer "R" and is more of a "L" for Leisurely. Rap from the top and hit the middle webbing belay if you have one rope. Rap from the top to the first chain belay if you have two ropes. The only cam needed is a #3 camalot or equivalent. Really fun leisurely route. |
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