Featured in Climbing magazine's "America's Best 100 sport climbs" (Oct 2015). The rock is a little hollow in places, but well bolted. All pitches have a 5.9 crux which makes this route a sensational journey up a beautiful wall.
The bolted route between Red Riding Hood and Physical Grafitti, starting off raised platform left of Physical Graffiti.
P1) 70ft, 5.9, steep juggy wall. 8 bolts.
P2) 80ft, 5.8, slabby friction climbing. 8 bolts.
P3) 70ft, 5.8, a little friction, then steep juggy finish to anchor. 8 bolts.
Descent:
Option 1) climb a 4th pitch of low 5th class past 2 bolts to another anchor, maybe 30 foot, then walk off climber's left and down the descent gully.
Option 2) Rappel from the top of pitch 3, 2 x 60m ropes reach the ground with about 1 foot spare, make sure your 60m ropes are 60m!
Option 3) Rappel the route with 3 single rope rappels.
2011 | First ascent: Dan Young, L Gallia & E Allen |
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5.9 | Assigned grade |
★★★Joey Friedmann | |
5.8 [5.7 - 5.8] -- | grAId |
5.9 | ★★Scott Godwin |
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Author(s): Thierry Souchard
Date: 2017
ISBN: 9782952638876
A selective guidebook describing 180 multi-pitch routes from 7 areas around the world, covering Calanques, Verdon, Sardinia, Meteora, Wadi Rum, Tsaranoro, Red Rocks, and Zion.
Author(s): Thierry Souchard
Date: 2017
This digital guidebook presents a selection of 27 multi-pitch routes taken from the book Rock around the World. Routes are drawn on zoomable photos. The content of the guidebook is detailed in the OmegaRoc app.
Red Rocks: 19 routes Thanks to the very sculpted sandstone of Red rocks, it is possible to climb routes on very steep cliffs at quite moderate grade. The protections are good and quite easy to place. Trad 6a grade is required
Zion: 8 routes In Zion, the routes are often more demanding both in terms of difficulty and climbing style. Trad 6b grade is required and a good crack climbing experience
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