Ascent Notes for: Middle Earth - 5.5 Average Rating : 3.86/5

climbed with ben, he led and i seconded. did pitches 1 and 2 together. i want to lead this route soon.

Led p1 , James led P2& P3 in one pitch. The middle pitch anchor looks so sketchy!!! Giant loose block & dead tree to rap off of. Can't pass it with a 70m rope.

only did the first pitch

combined p1 & p2.

Very nice climb from top to finish. The first and second pitches can easily be combined into one pitch, particularly with long slings and / or doubles.

1st pitch only. I tr'd this 2 years so it was fun to go back and lead it. Great climb.

The middle pitch is like climbing stairs, but worth doing for the 5.7 roof variation of the third pitch (straight up instead of traversing 20' right).

soild

Nice route with great gear and fun climbing. Pitch 2 isn't worth doing unless you are also going to do Pitch 3.

Only this time I finished P3 by going straight up and over the roof from the pine tree. Is that the 5.7+ variation, either way, a way cool finish.