Dow Williams - Jul 9, 2021 12:43 pm Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2021
Warpy Moople
With Ben from Albuquerque. I led all the pitches but pitch 6. I combined the first two and the 3rd and 4th. I recommend not combining the first two to avoid rope drag at the crux of the route. The crux of the route on the 2nd pitch could easily be rated 5.10a/b many places (i.e. Red Rock). The spiciest lead I suppose was the 5th pitch. You traverse out left and never really stare down a finger splitter as beta out there suggests. As with all Sandia climbing, it can be a challenge to get a good visual of where you need to go. A lot of chopped up face really with a few intermittent cracks. I highly doubt if any two leaders would ever follow the same path on this rig even if they repeated it themselves. I took a single rack for the most part which was sparse when combining pitches.
Dow Williams - Jul 9, 2021 12:43 pm Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2021
Warpy MoopleWith Ben from Albuquerque. I led all the pitches but pitch 6. I combined the first two and the 3rd and 4th. I recommend not combining the first two to avoid rope drag at the crux of the route. The crux of the route on the 2nd pitch could easily be rated 5.10a/b many places (i.e. Red Rock). The spiciest lead I suppose was the 5th pitch. You traverse out left and never really stare down a finger splitter as beta out there suggests. As with all Sandia climbing, it can be a challenge to get a good visual of where you need to go. A lot of chopped up face really with a few intermittent cracks. I highly doubt if any two leaders would ever follow the same path on this rig even if they repeated it themselves. I took a single rack for the most part which was sparse when combining pitches.