American Beauty
5.8 YDS 5b French 16 Ewbanks VI- UIAA 15 ZA HVS 4c British
Type: | Trad, 130 ft (39 m), 2 pitches |
FA: | Steve Hattenbach & Karl Kiser, Fall 2008 |
Page Views: | 1,855 total · 11/month |
Shared By: | Karl R. Kiser on Jan 18, 2011 |
Admins: | Jason Halladay, Mike Hoskins, Anna Brown |
Description
Pitch 1: This is a funky pitch that shouldn't be taken lightly. Start to the right of the cave/alcove and climbing the left facing corner to a bolted anchor (with rap chains). This anchor is up and over the top on a large ledge. The thoughtful crux is relatively close to the ground so don't pass up gear on the bottom 3rd of the route. When the initial first bottom crack ends, you move up and right to stay in the corner, not left onto the face.
Pitch 2: This short second pitch goes up the quality left facing dihedral directly in front of the belay. Climb the clean corner to a bolted anchor (with rap chains) at the top on the left face. Lots of gear options and easy climbing.
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