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| Lead | 5.6 | | | | | | | I headed back to the Supes for some climbing this weekend. On Saturday Katie and I did the classic Spider Walk route from Siphon Draw and on Sunday we made a quick trip up Weavers with Nichole who was backpacking in the area. The Spider Walk stole the show, but Weavers never disapoints either.
I was a little worried about route finding on the Spider Walk, but we bumped into a group at the base of the climb and allowed them to go ahead of us. As it turns out, the group has an affiliation with some HAZ members and it was kind of a small world phenomena moment after we put two and two together. They were all veteran climbers and were pretty quick and efficient, so there was no worries in waiting a few minutes here and there for them. Besides it was nice to see them complete the pitches before we started, as that resolved my biggest worry route finding.
Pitch 1) Run out but easy climbing, takes some pro here and there to aid in the runout between the bolts, but not the best rock of the route, climb with the, "lead doesn't fall" mentality here. We split the pitch into two to ease some of the brutal rope drag that this pitch is known for. If the climb to the boulder sketches out the lead, it would be a good idea to turn around here.
Pitch 2) Three bolts for this 150 foot airy 5.5 pitch. Climb focused here, don't fall and look for the creative pro opportunities that I missed. I only placed one additional piece of pro on this pitch. Not nearly enough. Angle right, dont go straight up. Stop when you see the chimney at the obvious belay ledge with bolted anchors.
Pitch 3) Great pitch! Fun climbing, eats pro, a nice sense of security in the long chimney. A long pitch at 150 feet. End the pitch at the end of the chimney on a can't miss large ledge to your right.
Pitch 4) I had the luxury of being able to just clip some pre-placed gear on this pitch. Mike from the group ahead of us was nice enough to leave his gear in the pitch for myself and the team trailing him that was just ahead of us to use. I supplemented his pro with a number five for the off-width finish at the top. I would recommend lugging the number five up for the finish of this pitch, but everyone has a different level of comfort.
The top out was amazing. Katie and I enjoyed a beer high along the knife edge ridge connecting the series of summits. The rap was a little slow moving with the two teams ahead of us, but we still got down relatively quick I think. We finished at sunset, but never had to get the head lamps out. |
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