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Bishop's Balcony - A1
Average Rating : 5.00 out of 5
Route sequence (left to right): 1
Route Summary | Ascent Notes (4)
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Aid
Fixed; bring a few sawed angles and circleheads
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Description:
This route ascends the nearly horizontal roof that is above the Bishop's Terrace. It's quite obvious from the road. A perfect (well, at one time...) splitter crack goes right through the middle of the roof, taking a direct line to the lip. Either climb the corner leading to the right (East) edge of the Terrace (5.5) or do the Bishop's Terrace Route (5.8). The second pitch goes up a pillar, then out the roof crack. About twenty or thirty feet above the lip, there's a small ledge. You can rap down to the Terrace, then rap from bolts at its East end. This is a good place to practice roof aid.
Submitted by: apollodorus on 2002-07-09
Views: 1662
Route ID: 20358
4 Ascents Recorded
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Onsight ascent by:
wow
Cam hook will actually work in the roof... very erie feeling but you do what you can.
Added: 2009-11-24
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| Difficulty | A1 |
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wow
Cam hook will actually work in the roof... very erie feeling but you do what you can.
Added: 2009-11-24
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Flash ascent by:
Ascent Note
Good place to get some aid done. Normally noone on it
Added: 1991-01-01
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Hang Dog ascent by:
Ascent Note
I did this route on a rainy day in September 1983. The free-solo up the wet 5.5 corner was WAY spooky. I rope soloed the roof pitch, then cleaned it on rappel.
Witnessed by: A bunch of gawking tourists
Added: 1991-01-01
Added: 1991-01-01
