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Angel Food Wall, 5.6-5.11a > Tunnel Vision > Climber's Log|
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| splewis | Exciting adventure  Date Climbed: Oct 25, 2009 | |
| This climb is just plain fun. A nearly subterranean adventure. The 5.8 variation on the 3rd pitch (as described in Jerry Handren's fine guidebook), climbs left from the semi-hanging, bolted belay, past a protection bolt, to a shallow right-facing corner ten feet left of the main chimney. It has excellent and well-protected climbing, leads right back into the cool rail at the top of the crux chimney, and is easy for the grade. A word of advice (learned the hard way): in the tunnel, DO NOT go straight up and around the obvious chockstone above. Go up twenty-five feet, then trend almost horizontally left on a ramp to the window on the left. (The window cannot be seen from inside the tunnel--only when you pop out of the tunnel.) The descent can be done easily without rappelling. | ||
| Posted Oct 29, 2009 8:00 pm | ||
| sergio | Good climb Date Climbed: Apr 12, 2009 | |
| A good climb but not great in my opinion. It has a good variety of climbing but we both thought that the moves were awkward in many places. The rock quality is also not the best you can find in Red Rock. I thought the tunnel was going to be something special but I was disappointed to find out that it was only 50 ft.long. The third pitch was definitely the crux and I missed the bolts on the face, so I squeezed into the chimney with a small pack and shoes attached to my harness. Simply painful. Pull the easy but awkward roof on the 6th pitch and go for the summit. | |
| Posted Apr 13, 2009 1:29 am | ||
| dervin | Unique Climb Date Climbed: Nov 26, 2008 | |
| Climbed this with a party of three one one rope. Got to love someone else six inch cam stuck in the off width. | |
| Posted Dec 27, 2008 1:29 am | ||
| WayneShort | First Climb in Red Rocks | |
| Climbed this route in 1995. Extremely long day behind some slow groups made for a summit in the dark, but all in all it was a blast. | |
| Posted Nov 23, 2008 1:53 pm | ||
| LuisGijon | fun climb! Date Climbed: Nov 8, 2008 | |
| Climbed with Willie Hunt and his friend Brent, as an evaluation to become a SCMA member. Fun climb, with amazing tunnel in the 5th pitch, easy run out. By the way I forgot the headlamp and it was ok, enough light. | |
| Posted Nov 11, 2008 12:10 am | ||
| Sam Page | Bring your headlamp! Date Climbed: Apr 20, 2000 | |
| I forget the exact date, though I vividly remember the "tunnel". | |
| Posted Apr 26, 2008 9:45 pm | ||
| fossana | 5.8 slab variation Date Climbed: Apr 23, 2008 | |
| Late start with Jascha so we did the 5.8 slab variation that ends at the tunnel entrance to save time. Fun runout. 2:30 climbing time. | |
| Posted Apr 24, 2008 2:45 pm | ||
| Dow Williams | Tunnel Date Climbed: Jan 15, 2008 | |
| As Matt said, a little cold, but no worries. Friends of mine said they did not like the looks of the run out stem on pitch 3 and took a two pitch bolted variation out left. We did all trad, except for the one station at the top of pitch two which could be left trad as well. I guess it is there for bailing purposes. Pitch three is run out if you stay true to the line. If you are a skinny pair like us, you can stick two large cams in as your stemming up and before you come out onto the run out face. Instead of any big bros, I just took my #5 camelot and it came in handy here. When you are carrying such a big piece through chimneys, imperative that you place it early, then the 2nd has to carry it! Little disappointed in the tunnel, thought it was more dramatic than that. All fun though. The roof pull at the top was fun, I would not avoid it. Easy walk off; good times; cold beer at the jeep. | |
| Posted Jan 17, 2008 12:19 pm | ||
| Matt K | fun day Date Climbed: Jan 15, 2008 | |
| It was a fun climb and my longest to date. It was a bit chilly because the sun doesn't hit the route at this time of the year. Climbed with Dow Williams. | ||
| Posted Jan 16, 2008 3:42 pm | ||
| Robertthethird | Great fun Date Climbed: Feb 10, 2007 | |
| Climbed with Pat Bauman on this trip. This is a straight forward fun route. | |
| Posted Jan 13, 2008 3:37 pm | ||
| Shirley Lam | fun stuff! Date Climbed: Nov 22, 2007 | |
| Climbed with bighornmonkey both times and had a blast on both variations (inside the tunnel and on the face outside it). | |
| Posted Jan 4, 2008 6:22 pm | ||
| bighornmonkey | Very neat Date Climbed: Nov 22, 2007 | |
| I lead this route twice so far. The first time I missed the TUNNEL part of tunnel vision so I had to do it again. Great climb! | |
| Posted Dec 25, 2007 8:29 am | ||
| jwport | Variety galore! Date Climbed: Mar 28, 2007 | |
| This is a perfect introduction to traditional multi-pitch climbing. I took two young aspiring lead-climbers up this route and they really enjoyed the variety of rock (face, chimney, edges, pockets, slabs) and climbing techniques required. Plus, who doesn't love climbing through a tunnel! I actually found the exposed hike down very enjoyable and well-marked. Descent time: 1 hr, max. | ||
| Posted Apr 6, 2007 1:14 pm | ||
| baumann_pat | fun climb Date Climbed: Feb 10, 2007 | |
| Climbed with Robertthethird. There's no such thing as a bad weekend in Red Rocks. We climbed this in 4 pitches. Route finding seemed pretty straight forward. I was a bit nervous leading the chimney on pitch 2. It was a bit narrow for me to feel really solid and it is tough to protect. By the end of the chimney my legs were worked. | |
| Posted Apr 6, 2007 5:48 am | ||
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