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Starts down and right of Sentinel Buttress route. Jam and stem short corner to low roof. Swear your way over this and enjoy nice moves to the Crow's Nest.
Submitted by: forkliftdaddy on 2006-04-10
Views: 1914
Route ID: 50896
Ascent Note:
| Ratings | |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | 5.10b |
| Safety Rating | G |
Hang Dog ascent by:
worth doing if you can manage the start somehow and stay on track
5.8 my ass... I aided my way through the start and then enjoyed some really nice climbing up until the chimney.
I climbed this in *cough* 3 pitches. It should have been 2 but I screwed up and created too much rope drag on pitch 2 and had to break it up at a little bushy ledge. I began by aiding my way through the start (feels more like a really hard 5.10 series of moves) and moved up the easy face and crack after that (5.6ish). I set the belay after stepping left over the roof and into a really nice spot. It was pretty exposed but had a very comfortable ledge and, once seated, a head level crack for gear. Note: make sure your anchor is bomber if your second might have to work the start! I completed a traverse section which wasn't at all bad and came to the base of a chimney which had a tree with a rap station. I proceeded to royally screw up this section as I wasn't entirely sure where the line went and created monster rope drag. I passed a green leafy area (my eventual 2nd belay) and traversed under when I should have climbed up through a slight overhang. At the overhang you are about 40 feet from the top/Crow's nest. I'll go this way next time, although I think it's a bit runout. It may also be possible to climb outside the chimney and continue diagonally left and up to the crow's nest. The outside of the chimney felt pretty exposed though and rock quality was poor.
The start earns the grade, the rest is probably 5.6 with just a couple of 7 moves, if that.
I climbed this in *cough* 3 pitches. It should have been 2 but I screwed up and created too much rope drag on pitch 2 and had to break it up at a little bushy ledge. I began by aiding my way through the start (feels more like a really hard 5.10 series of moves) and moved up the easy face and crack after that (5.6ish). I set the belay after stepping left over the roof and into a really nice spot. It was pretty exposed but had a very comfortable ledge and, once seated, a head level crack for gear. Note: make sure your anchor is bomber if your second might have to work the start! I completed a traverse section which wasn't at all bad and came to the base of a chimney which had a tree with a rap station. I proceeded to royally screw up this section as I wasn't entirely sure where the line went and created monster rope drag. I passed a green leafy area (my eventual 2nd belay) and traversed under when I should have climbed up through a slight overhang. At the overhang you are about 40 feet from the top/Crow's nest. I'll go this way next time, although I think it's a bit runout. It may also be possible to climb outside the chimney and continue diagonally left and up to the crow's nest. The outside of the chimney felt pretty exposed though and rock quality was poor.
The start earns the grade, the rest is probably 5.6 with just a couple of 7 moves, if that.
Added: 2009-06-08
