SUMMARY HAIKU
Rick leads both pitches
Climb fizzles to crap walk off
Stef battles migraine
Rick leads both pitches
Climb fizzles to crap walk off
Stef battles migraine
Mz. Why goes up two pitches (300 ft) and has a rap/walk-off combo (which sucks.)
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Mz. Why
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Climb: Mz. Why (Trad) (300')
Wall: Jackrabbit Buttress/Juniper Canyon
Conclusion WTF? What the FIZZLE!
Wall: Jackrabbit Buttress/Juniper Canyon
Conclusion WTF? What the FIZZLE!
Pitch 1
Pitch 1 was easy, fun, featured face and plenty of places for pro.
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Pitch 2
Pitch 2 started off well enough and had a little tricky traverse then up and over a small bulge. The pro is a little more sparse on this pitch. Eventually the rock turns slabby and Rick used a #5 to protect what would otherwise be runout. After getting over the small bulge and a little bit of steeper slabby-ish rock, it turns into less-than-interesting low angle for the remaining 1/3 the pitch. (The route feels like it fizzles out.)
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The Rap/Walk-Off
Mz. Z is not a climb worth the effort of this walk-off... You could hop on Myster Z from here, but if you are going to add on that many more pitches and do the full Juniper Canyon walk-off, then just do all of Myster Z (which is FAR more interesting) and forget this climb.
Rappel 1 is funky and annoying with some big dead logs and pokey shrubbery in the way. Then you pray the whole time that your rope won't get stuck when you pull it.
If you are fortunate enough to retrieve your rope, walk up a shrubby crevasse that dead ends into a small 5th class head wall. Go right here, trying to avoid being poked in the ass, arms, and face with yucca needles, oak leaves, and sticks. This will take you into the main Jackrabbit Buttress East Face gully, where you will fight more shrubs and boulder hop until you reach the next rappel.
This is a short rappel off a single, pretty old and crunchy webbing wrapped around a large boulder. We shored up rappel #1 with a fresh sling, but we did not have enough webbing to shore up this thing. It held for us, but go at your own risk, especially as time and nature do their thing on the material.
Scramble down from there.
Rappel 1 is funky and annoying with some big dead logs and pokey shrubbery in the way. Then you pray the whole time that your rope won't get stuck when you pull it.
If you are fortunate enough to retrieve your rope, walk up a shrubby crevasse that dead ends into a small 5th class head wall. Go right here, trying to avoid being poked in the ass, arms, and face with yucca needles, oak leaves, and sticks. This will take you into the main Jackrabbit Buttress East Face gully, where you will fight more shrubs and boulder hop until you reach the next rappel.
This is a short rappel off a single, pretty old and crunchy webbing wrapped around a large boulder. We shored up rappel #1 with a fresh sling, but we did not have enough webbing to shore up this thing. It held for us, but go at your own risk, especially as time and nature do their thing on the material.
Scramble down from there.
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Status of Tour To Date
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DATE OF CLIMB: February 21, 2020
WALLS HIT: 1 (Jackrabbit Buttress - E Face) NUMBER OF CLIMBS HIT: 1 NUMBER OF PITCHES: 2 VERTICAL 5.7 FEET CLIMBED HERE: 300' NUMBER OF FALLS: 0 TAKES HERE: 0 DIRTY UNDERWEAR ENCOUNTERED: 0 |
TOTAL CLIMBS SO FAR: 95
TOTAL PITCHES SO FAR: 120 TOTAL 5.7 VERTICAL FEET ON THE TOUR SO FAR: 9,610' NUMBER OF CLIMBS REMAINING: 142 (out of 237 - although we may redo Pre-Skool) VERTICAL FEET REMAINING: ~40,687 FALLS SO FAR: 0 TAKES ON LEAD SO FAR:
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