Drop Out, 5.9

Does not look like much, but once you are at the constriction, this much flow will soak you. 9th Pitch- 40- 5.9/ This is definitely the crux pitch of the route and where I got turned around on my first attempt when it was still in waterfall form in late July. The uneven chimney starts out wide on bad yellowish rock. As it constricts towards the top, the rock quality improves. You will twist and turn every which way as you make it up this awkward pitch. You will find a few pitons, but they are quite weathered as this pitch is normally a flowing or frozen waterfall. You eventually break out into a large bay below more chimney climbing. Set up a gear belay in here. Save your larger gear as long as you can or move it along with you. Drop Out, 5.9, 13 Pitches, EEOR (East End of Mount Rundle), Canadian Rockies, August, 2009