Trip Report
royal arches yosemite valley
Monday June 3, 2013 1:46am
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Just did this climb may 29th 2013. It was fun, straight forward, and accurate to the topo! Considering spring the water was not a problem at all. The gear suggested was great! I did bring a BD cam size 3 as well and it worked great a number of times. I did not find much use for nuts as the gear list says. Pitch 3 has variations. Slab with pin scared & finger crack, the crack itself (possible water), and then half way up the crack then vere up and right to slab.
Pitch 12 is some great exposure.
A 70 meter rope would allow combining pitches
Lastly, the belay caught me off guard. The first belay we came up short about 10 feet with two 60 meter ropes. It let us out on some mossy dirt step like things that were unstable. This may have been a mishap and maybe we missed other anchors before that spot, nonetheless we carefully walked down them to the next belay station off a tree. The second to the last belay was not obvious to us. We kept walking around until we saw rings facing the crack on the left facing corner. Just look around and you will see.
Otherwise, sweet ride and we had fun! Its a great 5.7 with some fun cracks!
cody padrnos
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About the Author cody padrnos is a trad climber from corona ca. |
Comments
Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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Nice and TFPU. That's a route I've never done. Traveling from the east coast, I tend to look at bigger things. But now, with kids who climb, I should really think about having the Gunkie Gang take over the route for a day next time we're out there.
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