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Banana - 5.6 popular
Average Rating : 3.17 out of 5
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Route Summary | Ascent Notes (42)
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Standard Trad (Avoid SLCD's behind le loose part of the flake) Medium hexes, stoppers & tricams.
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Description:
Obvious left tending flake in center of long wall guarding the gunsight notch. There is a loose block about 3/4 way up.
Submitted by: ontherocks on 2007-02-26
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Route ID: 43768
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Onsight ascent by:
sketchy lead
loose rock and notibly harder than a 5.6
Added: 2015-10-26
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Cold!
My hands were frozen!
Added: 2014-11-03
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| Difficulty | 5.6 |
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Seneca's Hardest 5.5
Guidebook marks Banana as a 5.4 classic. Be prepared for 5.7 on loose rock. Banana is a single pitch on a right facing flake. Can be lead with cams or just a set of BD stoppers.
Caution. Most of the upper half of the flake is loose. I avoided placing active gear here. Placed a few stoppers below and above it.
Second part of the pitch past first large tree has small Lykens covering it. Take small BD stoppers. One old piton is available.
This half of the pitch is probably 5.8. Rappel from here or traverse and take Gun Sight to South Peak in one additional pitch.
Caution. Most of the upper half of the flake is loose. I avoided placing active gear here. Placed a few stoppers below and above it.
Second part of the pitch past first large tree has small Lykens covering it. Take small BD stoppers. One old piton is available.
This half of the pitch is probably 5.8. Rappel from here or traverse and take Gun Sight to South Peak in one additional pitch.
Added: 2013-09-16
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Added: 2011-10-09
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| Difficulty | 5.6 |
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Second ascent by:
First Multi-pitch
I climbed this with a friend as my first multi-pitch climb. We linked this with Gunsight to South Peak.
Added: 2011-08-27
