PRINT: Rock Climb Drawn and Quartered, Western MA

Drawn and Quartered

5.12b/c, Sport, 80 ft (24 m),

Avg: 3.9 from 38 votes
FA: Ryan Stefiuk
Massachusetts > Western MA > Hanging Mountain > Cloud Buttress

Access Issue: Endangered Species Details

Please stay on the trails and stay out of closed areas on the ground and on the cliff

Most of the 14-acre property at Hanging Mountain has been designated as Priority Habitat by MassWildlife’s Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program (NHESP). As a result, Hanging Mountain and any work performed there is heavily regulated to ensure that the WMCC is in compliance with the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act and Wetlands Protection Act.

More information about NHESP can be found here

Description

Drawn and Quartered is an exhilarating, sustained route with a couple good rests in its first half. The beginning sequence is a tough boulder problem. Stickclip the first bolt if not the first two. This has vertical, crimp-intensive climbing with a few slopers thrown in for good measure.

Location

Start on the ledge on the right side of Cloud Buttress. This starts a bit to the left of the start of "Pillow Talk".

Protection

12 bolts to LOs.

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Josh standing at the start of Drawn and Quartered.

Josh being super graceful at the start of Drawn and Quartered.

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Shawn S
Seattle WA

The boulder up to the belay ledge of this route is pretty fun. It adds like 15ft to the climb! Nov 17, 2021

Echoinfi

5.12b/c

Amazing route. Oct 22, 2022

Juanjo Vazquez
Durham, CT

5.12c

The route is spectacular. Maybe it is a 5.12b/c, but I give it a 5.12c, because I don't have the flexibility to bring my left foot on the ledge. I had to come out with a different beta, pinch a two-finger packet with my right hand on my right, and then go to a small, high gaston. Sep 17, 2023

Arham A

5.12b

Was probably mid 12b for me but definitely 12c for shorter climbers. Sep 17, 2024

Jon Po

5.12b/c

Height-dependent for sure. 12c points if you're under 5'8". Great route! Oct 18, 2024