Building Castles in the Sky

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Building Castles in the Sky

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First ascensionists' grade:

HVS 4c, 5a, 5a, 4c

Max estimated grade:

6a

Length:

183

Pitches:

First Ascent:

4

Dave Lucas, Melissa Nesbitt

Year of FA:

# of bolts en route:

trad

Approach

Route description

1) 4c 58m Climb crack/slab into an OW/Chimney climb this to easy ground and then a
wide chimney climb to easy ground and to gain the bottom of the groove.
2) 5a 55m Climb groove and cracks finishing in a chimney chocked by a large block.
Go under this to a belay.
3) 5a 40m Climb the cracks and groove to a steeper crack climb this to a ledge and a
thin rake to another ledge. Belay in the corner.
4) 4c. 30m. Climb crack and avoid loose boulder. Then climb crack to finish

Descent

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