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Great White Way - 5.9 popular
Average Rating : 4.82 out of 5
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Route Summary | Ascent Notes (18)
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Description:
Climb the left-hand water groove (of the 2 near the Great Arch on the left of it) up to the top.
Submitted by: tim on 2002-11-25
Last Modified: 2011-03-29
Views: 1670
Route ID: 27656
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| Difficulty | 5.9 |
| Safety Rating | G |
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Red Point ascent by:
Can't Get Enough
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One of my favorite routes. It is just hard enough to make it interesting and easy enough to climb with no difficulties. This should be on every Stone Mountain visitor's checklist. For those expecting lots of bolts due to the close proximity of those down low, make sure you are ready for the runout because the bolts become less and less.
Added: 2013-05-15
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| Difficulty | 5.9 |
| Safety Rating | G |
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Nice, Easy Lead
Needed a little confidence booster and this is always a fairly easy route. I lead the full route and combined pitches two and three into a single pitch. We rapped back down on a single 70M.
Added: 2012-12-04
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| Difficulty | 5.9 |
| Safety Rating | G |
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Great Moderate
I was able to lead the full route with a sprained ankle that I suffered during a fall on PF Flyers last weekend. It was quite painful but not that difficult. This is another one of my favorites. I turned the second and third pitches into a single pitch. There is a little runout up high but the friction is great.
I did have a little trouble getting my head in the game since I was unfortunate enough to witness someone fall to their death the previous day. I have a trip to Laurel Knob planned in a few weeks so I forced myself to climb today to keep from losing my nerve.
I did have a little trouble getting my head in the game since I was unfortunate enough to witness someone fall to their death the previous day. I have a trip to Laurel Knob planned in a few weeks so I forced myself to climb today to keep from losing my nerve.
Added: 2012-09-23
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| Difficulty | 5.9 |
| Safety Rating | PG13 |
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Just As Fun As The First Time
This is a very fun route and the only difficult section is at the start. I started five or six feet left of the water groove and headed into the water groove around the third bolt, following the groove past two belays to the top. Then we made three rappels with a single 70M rope back to the tree ledge.
Added: 2012-06-05
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| Difficulty | 5.9 |
| Safety Rating | PG13 |
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Onsight ascent by:
Great Lead Climb
Lead Great White Way, White Way Direct, and Yardarm today. This was the most difficult of the three. The opening moves were the most difficult but were well protected by three bolts. I found no need for any additional gear even though there was some runout between the bolts. I would highly recommend this route to anyone that can climb slab. If you can get past the first three bolts, the rest should be easy.
Added: 2011-04-17
