Yellow Feather
5.11c YDS 6c+ French 24 Ewbanks VIII- UIAA 24 ZA E4 6a British
Avg: 3.1 from 32 votes
Type: | Trad, 75 ft (23 m) |
FA: | JJ Schlick (Lead) R.Kollath (TR) |
Page Views: | 4,371 total · 20/month |
Shared By: | JJ Schlick on Aug 29, 2006 |
Admins: | K Ice, Kris Gorny |
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Description
A beautiful, airy pitch which climbs out the top half of the wall.
Start on a cushy belay ledge. The climbing starts out with stemming and edges with a few good finger jams below the crux. The crux involves hiking your feet up into a splitter stem, with an awkward jam (I found one finger to be the key) and a slopey crimp. Then deadpointing or stretching for the distant jugs. After your feet are on the jugs think left. At a small ledge with a slight bulge above you work left to easier climbing to the top on good rock.
When I did the FFA, both Dave and I agreed 12a seemed fair. Another route James “cleaned” post FFA that got easier and “better”. Any changes to the seam would have made a considerable difference. This was a clean pitch when I first did it and I think the images tell the tale.
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