The Escarpment - Mandela Sector

Day Break (4) obvious chimney line 1. Morning Winpenny (5) at last a pleasant warm up just left of a prominent crack. 2. Duhka (6c) * a faint groove, overlap and technical move. Rebolted 3. Blabba Mouth (7a) * slightly squeezed onto vague arete. Rebolted 4. East of Sweden (6c) ** pleasant wall and shallow scoop with a little air between the BRs. Rebolted 5. Nelson Mandela (7b) ** classic. Powerful but innocuous start followed by awkward moves on the upper arete. Has lost crucial undercut hold since first ascent. Rebolted 6. Sperm Wales (6c+) desperate start to humpbacked Overlap. Gain it from left at 6b. Rebolted 7. Spunk Trumpets (6c) * pleasant via vague white tower. Rebolted 8. Join the Union Jack (6b+) * awkward bulge with beak and easy wall. Rebolted 9. Ninety Nine Rabid feminists (6c+) Fine climbing. Awkward start airy above with new finish. Rebolted 10. Just Yvonne More (6c) * difficult starting moves on arete lead to easier bulge and fine finale of 99 Rabid Feminists. 11. Stars and Stripes (6c)** Difficult overlap and pleasant upper groove. Rebolted 12. Bad Man from Bodie (7a)* technical and dynamic into and up the tiny groove. Rebolted 13. Flat Baps (7b) * short, sharp and nasty overlap Rebolted 14. Lotus Wing (6b) ** smashing climbing via shallow groove system. Rebolted 15. Dry Day (6c) * Technical start and awkward groove. High in grade . Rebolted |