Type: | Trad, Alpine, 230 ft (70 m) |
FA: | Josh Wharton and Chris Dueto, 9/10/24 |
Page Views: | 79 total · 9/month |
Shared By: | j wharton on Sep 11, 2024 |
Admins: | Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC |
For additional information about raptor closures, please visit the Rocky Mountain National Parks area closures website.
General NPS climbing regulations for RMNP posted here.
Description
This is a seventy meter super pitch to the left of Etch-A-Sketch. Physically, it is probably only 8b or even 8a+, but the logistical complexities, placing all the gear (especially the mid-crux 0.2), and fighting rope drag make it harder overall than Sarchasm and other routes on the wall, IMO.
My parents were avid sailors when they met, and this route is named in honor of them and my namesake Joshua Slocum. Slocum was the first person to sail around the world solo at the end of the 19th century. He eventually disappeared at sea in 1909 on his ship, The Spray.
A pic on the Ship's Prow page shows the line in respect to other routes on the wall. It shares a rest with Etch-A-Sketch but is otherwise entirely independent.
Location
Traverse around the corner from Sarchasm on a narrow, third class ledge, and belay off a slung block. A fixed yellow Z4 is visible about 40 feet up the wall where the climbing becomes more challenging.
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