Black Mamba

This striking line snakes up the arete to the right of Road Warrior. This line has three independent pitches before it climbs into the top of Road Warrior & Good Evans. All three pitches climb on the arete, but each pitch provides a unique flavor. 

Pitch 1 (13b/c) is about 100' long with the crux guarding the anchor. On this pitch, we used a #1 & #0.5 C4 with runners down low then clipped bolts until we reached the 2 bolt anchor on the left side of the arete. This pitch is your classic, knifeblade arete.

Pitch 2 (12c) is about 130' long with an engaging start that leads into a dihedral arete section then finishes with a face section. Bring 16 draws plus a #0.75 Z4 with a runner for the last piece of protection to a two bolt anchor on the right side on a small ledge.

Pitch 3 (12d) is about 70' long that has steep blocky arete climbing with a few interesting boulder problems and finishes at a 2 bolt anchor on the left side of the arete.

Pitch 4 (10+) is about 100' long. Climb left off the anchor, and you can use small gear to protect in the wide section. This part of the offwidth has a lot of face relief which makes it enjoyable climbing. Bring runners, large nuts, & a single set of cams from #0.1 Z4 to #3 C4.  NOTE:  You might notice a bolted 4th pitch which is currently a closed project that is red tagged.  Our goal is to bring this line up one more arete pitch then head into Good Evans.

Pitch 5 (5.6) is about 50' long. Bring a few pieces of gear including the #1 & #2 C4 for the anchor on the summit.

Do 3+ rappels with a 70 meter rope down the standard decent, then make your way around the corner to Cannonball Corner and Undertow, and build an anchor with a #0.2, 0.3, and 0.4 Z4s.

16 draws, and a few of them should be alpine runners. Bring a few large nuts and single set of cams from #0.1 to #3 C4.