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Kangaroo
Temple, Northwest Face, 5.7+, 5 pitches
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Temple choss here, yet still better than sitting in, say, the cubicle
at Microsoft. The first pitch sets you up with tremendous rope drag
before a substantial runout on a dicey, slippery, steep and often
wet face, and the last pitch surmounts a precarious stack of decomposed
death blocks in a steep corner. In between these two moments of
dread are 3-400' of decent climbing... |
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Here's Sonja following
the harrowing first pitch of Kangaroo Temple's NW Face. It's definitely
not a particular safe stretch of climbing, with those thin, balancy
moves up that smooth, polished water runnel 30' from the nearest piece
of pro. It's 'only' 5.7+, but watch out. The rest of the climb is
safer, but not very aesthetic nor fun. So was it worth it? Probably
not. Don't often say that about a day of climbing, but here it seem
to fit. |
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