My friend Sunil picked up a gig in Hong Kong so it would be a slim chance that I would get to see him in the near future to climb. I rung him and he was easy prey for an early meet at the PnR. Sarah was also on board as she is always ready to go and hit it with her endless appetite for stone.
The route is pleasant with an interesting overlap on pitch 1 and a spicy fun finish to that pitch. The money pitch is the 3rd and it keeps giving nice holds and smears. 3 of us finished up in under 4 hours and down in about 1 hr. Go give'er a run and enjoy the solitude.
Thanks Sunil and Sarah for getting out and enjoying a beautiful day doing what we love!
Sunil wondering if he's going to get the infamous Topher epic adventure - home by 6pm dude!
Sarah leads us off today - never mind the moss it is 'off route'
Must recall spicy move, que?
This is the man himself - stylin P1
...with ease brotha...
Steeper P1 finish
Sunil enjoys his pitch 3
Keep'in eyes on the lead man cause he is movin smooth - note snow on hills
What I'm watching
Trouble brewing in the back :)
View from P3 belay of the valley below
P4 was a bit short
Racing to the finish -last pitch
Making our way down
One happy climber
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Wow, it wasn't that long I go I was scrubbing pitch 1 for the FA. Glad you liked it. A little on how the name of this route came to be. When Mark Hanna first found the place, route development was hot and heavy up and to the right on the cleaner rock. Steven Packard was scoping what came to be this route, but the bottom of the crag had a lot fo moss/veg. Mark kept on harassing us about why we wanted to go "over there" to that dirty nasty side of the crag, hence we were frequenters of the "other side of the tracks"
Shapp
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