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1,800 AEG |
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|  | | West Gulley |
| | 5.6 | | | 4 Pitches | | | | Sometimes it's fun to have sparse info on what you're doing. I had wanted to to the West Gully up Elephant head for a long time but was a bit intimidated by the 1000 ft of climbing and sparse pro.
We started around 6:30 with a 60m dynamic, 60m static and full rack. We really didn't know what do expect so we were ready....and we were worried about it taking all day. Started up the slabby gully looking for the old cable. We scrambled up quite a waze before we found it. We kept scrambling. Mostly easy scrambling with the occasional spot that sketched me out. In this section we just used a rope as a handline in one spot. Once the cable stopped we stayed in the main gulley, hoping we were interpreting the beta correctly. We finally got to a sporty chockstone climb and used a rope to haul packs. Shortly after that we roped up. We first did a pretty short pitch(about 100 feet). THen a short chimney pitch of 20 ft or so and then another short pitch up a loose gully with an intimdating vertial move with no pro. One more 100 ft pitch and we were above the notch and the gully I had gone up before for the North face rt. A few more easy scrambles and we were on top - well before noon. We had a long lunch break before starting down. We took a steep nasty gully to connect us to Chino canyon and the road.
Super fun day and was happy to find it easier than expected. |
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