May Day
Area | Sector | Pitches | FAGrade | Grade | Length | Bolts | Top | Setters | year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St Catherine | Safsafa NE Face | 7 | VII, 5.10+ | 6c+ | trad | Daniel Peikes, Danny Wolfstein | 1989 |
Approach: Walk up the road leading to the monastery, about 500m, past the gate, to the junction in the road. From there go straight up head to the obvious slab. Start on the left side of the slab, some 20m right of a chimney. Pitch1: Go up a water groove (5.7) and then up and left in a corner (50m). Pitch2: Continue up and left over broken terrain (5.8) to bottom of obvious corner (50m). Pitch3: Up the corner (5.9)(50m). Pitch4: Go to end of the crack and thru the roof (5.10+), to end of crack, hard to protect (small tricams), slab move (5.10) to pvo. 50m. Pitch5: Walk up and right to right side of next slab (IV) 50m. Pitch6: Up corner (5.9+) and traverse right 15m (5.6) to big corner. 50m. Pitch7: Out right (5.9) onto slab and up slab to top. 40m. Descent: Right to main gully and down to bottom.