Monday Rush repeat
Area | Sector | Pitches | FAGrade | Grade | Length | Bolts | Top | Setters | year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St Catherine | Safsafa NE Face | 4 | VI, 5.9+ | 6a | 135 | trad | Doron Erel, Krysztof Pankiewicz | 1987 |
3-star, Approach: the route is starts ~ 50m right from "Hatchala Meshuleshet" at down point of big slab. Pitch1: III, 40m Go up good protection slab till ledge under rock belt and base of crack (good station). Pitch2: up crack (5.9+ crux) till it end (handjam, tricams, frends). Good station by 2 bolts. Pitch3: III-IV, 40m Go up and right slab (10m of IV, protected by bolts), after that easy slab till ledge with loose boulders (station). Pitch4: V+, 50m Up classic parallel crack between detached “matchbox” and wall straightly up (7m, 6a (for leader) handjam or layback) (at end of “box” placed bolt), after that slabs till easy terrain. It is possible to finish after 3 pitches by going right and up stepped slab till easy terrain (III). Comment from 2nd ascent: .....20 days later Krystof placed 5 bolts in the 10m after crack