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Tempest - A4
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Description:
I climbed Tempest in October 2001 with my friends Tom McMillan and Bruce Bindner both from Bay area. This is a invisible route from the meadow and also when you are on the wall. Very small features for beaks, rurps and hooks. At the time we was without informations about the racks to bring with us and without topo. Fortunately we found a topo from Chris McNamara and we can go!! Tempest is the "Magic Line" of El Capitan; steep, invisible, hard and a straight line. First pitch is very loose and the second is the more overhanging pitch on El Capitan. All pitches are a little adventure because is hard to find the route and after the third pitch we found only few fixed head. Sixth pitch called "The Pecking order" is very exposed and will "eat" all your peckers. Tenth pitch is a pitch of Space and is called "Pillar of the Community" and it require your calm because there is a long section on very rusty heads and a little expanding beaks. "Bad Ass Gerberding" is the eleventh pitch climbed from Bruce in the dark. This pitch want expanding heads and blind hooks!!! "The Killer Whale" is the sixteenth pitch rated A1 but probably it's very close to A4R. Photos, topo and a deep report about this route and other you will find on my web site www.valeriofolco.com
Submitted by: valerio on 2006-03-26
Views: 316
Route ID: 40711
2 Ascents Recorded
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Red Point ascent by:
Ascent Note
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Added: 2004-08-29
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Top Rope ascent by:
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Nice route. Ours was the third ascent, and the difficulty is dropping as more heads get fixed and more placements mined. Rumor has it Alex Lowe took a 60-foot fall on the second pitch.
Added: 2001-10-24
