Hi Spers,

I just came back from Rumney and i'm now addicted to mulitipitch climbing!!! I did only 2 routes that were 2-3 pitches and i wish to do more.

Do you have suggestions for some multipitch in sportclimb that are moderate difficulty (5.10 minus) that are in the Northeast?

Thanks

Multipitch sport??? Have you no decency, man?

I can't think of any significant sport climbing around here other than Rumney, and I didn't even know Rumney had multipitch routes. (I've been there a couple of times, but sport's not really my interest.) You want multipitch, do it the right way: trad

Obviously I haven't looked very hard, so I could be wrong. You might want to try someplace like neclimbs.com .

Whitehorse ledge

yep, I really need to get into Trad climbing you're right! Building my rack is my new way to burn money.

The are some routes in Rumney that are multipitch. Not much .... I haven't look at Whitehorse ledge!! Thanks guys

I just looked at Whitehorse ledge and 97% of the routes are trad climb. Especially multipitchers ...

I guess i need to get into trad quickly ...

Lots of bolts on Whitehorse but they are far between

Yup, go trad around here. $1k entry fee to get them new cam things, but it's a lot of fun.

Honestly I don't think you'll find any sport routes longer than the 2-3 pitch ones at Rumney's Main Cliff and Orange Crush walls, anywhere in the Northeast. As for Whitehorse, I don't think that most people would consider 50-foot runouts between bolts to be "sport climbing" in the normal sense of the word.

Such multi-pitch lines do exist, you just have to look for them. Some examples in the Dacks: South Face Direct on Gothics (one of the highest of this type of route in the northeast), Vertebrae on Snowy, The Shining Path on Wallface, Bear Necessities and Berry Good at Bear Den, Positive Latitude and Groovitational Pull at Potter Mountain, Slide Rules at Big Slide, and there's many at Poke-O, although they aren't .10-. If you include the odd piece of trad gear (aka "mixed" routes), then there's even more.

South Face Direct on Gothics

Only in the Adirondacks would someone actually put up a sport climb with a 5-hour approach...

If you can climb trad there's lots of great routes <5.10 at the Gunks. What's cool about the Gunks is that even relatively low grade routes can be exposed and strenuous (e.g., vertical or even overhanging on 5.6).

AlexeyD wrote:

South Face Direct on Gothics

Only in the Adirondacks would someone actually put up a sport climb with a 5-hour approach...

Well, 3.5 hours, but still, that's what's so cool about it

There's a few two pitch climbs in South Eastern PA where I live. Although the one place all the 2nd pitch climbs are 5.12ds and up.

There's another place that has a few 2 pitch climbs that's kind of off limits unless you know the place... Message me if your interested.