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Beginner's Delight - 5.3 popular

Average Rating = 4.07/5 Average Rating : 4.07 out of 5
Route sequence (left to right): 199
Route Summary | Ascent Notes (76)
Hans Kraus, Roger and Del Wolcott
Rock (Trad)
PG13
3
Standard Rack
255
Consensus Ratings
  Difficulty 5.3
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure 3.90/5
  Rock Quality 4.00/5
  Scenery 4.35/5
  Fun Factor 4.10/5

Description:

This is a fun route, it gets a bit trickey on the traverse. Climb a short easy pitch to a ledge at the base of a huge corner system with ceilings at the top. Pitch 2 climbs the corner system and traverses left(towards a pin in the face) to a right facing corner, which is followed to the GT ledge. Pitch 3 climb some corner systems past a few overhangs to the top.

Submitted by: interniq on 2006-10-23
Last Modified: 2007-02-17
Views: 757
Route ID: 9879

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  Difficulty
  Safety Rating G
Onsight Onsight ascent by: cleethree on 2009-09-13 (View Climbing Log)

3 out of 5 stars first trad lead at the gunks

woo hoo

Added: 2009-09-13

Ratings
  Difficulty 5.3
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure
  Rock Quality
  Scenery
  Fun Factor
Onsight Onsight ascent by: gathompson1 on 2009-09-04 (View Climbing Log)

4 out of 5 stars Good Climb

Lead pitches 1 and 3 and a lot of fun with some easy and good climbing.

Added: 2009-09-04

Ratings
  Difficulty
  Safety Rating G
Second Second ascent by: mwill on 2009-07-19 (View Climbing Log)

3 out of 5 stars Beginners Delight

Good final pitch even though it is short.

Added: 2009-08-23

Ratings
  Difficulty 5.3
  Safety Rating G
  Exposure
  Rock Quality
  Scenery
  Fun Factor
Second Second ascent by: strawberryhandjam on 2009-07-04 (View Climbing Log)

5 out of 5 stars Beginner's Delight - with Bees

Climbed with Terrie and Ken, tons of fun, took a while to figure out where to go after traverse, but made it through clean. Hornet nests in two hand holds, buzzy warnings but no stings. First climb where I could look down as I was climbing.

Added: 2009-08-04

Ratings
  Difficulty
  Safety Rating G
Flash Flash ascent by: happiegrrrl on 2009-07-04 (View Climbing Log)

5 out of 5 stars n/a

Climbed with Ken S and Lauren P. Ken took p1 and 3, and I led p2. The traverse actually does have gear. Not every 5 feet of course, but it has enough gear to be safe on any penji fall, if you are on route and look for it.

There is one part where an apparent *perfect* nut placement slots - the block is loose. Not fall out and kill someone on e the ground loose, but for sure won't hold pro on a fall loose. Just to the left and at feet is a good cam placement. Like I said - if you look for the pro, it is there! I had a new person in our middle, and I wanted to protect her well.

P3 crux sequence is pretty awesome for a 5.3 - gotta love the Gunks!

Even though it's my 6th season out, I had never been on anything but p1 of this route before. It's nice to be finally ticking these classics.

Added: 2009-07-13

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