On 22/03/2011 rolsen1 wrote:
>On 22/03/2011 ntm wrote:
>>watch tower crack,what does it take to do it?
>>i m sure that exposier is huge
>>how should i go about it?
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>The exposure is great you will love it.
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>Having one big cam (C4 size 4 is just big enough) helps a fair bit but
>you can live without. Climbing past the third belay and clipping the bolt
>and then lowering back down eliminates the chance of a fall factor 2 onto
>the 3rd belay also means you can place your big cam after the bolt. A size
>4 is probably not big enough to go before the bolt off the last belay?
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>There is probably only 20 metres or so of at the grade climbing the rest
>is much easier.
I remember the wide crack in the middle of the third pitch may be too big for a #4 Camalot (correct me if I'm wrong). I have done it, though, without a cam big enough - you just gotta be comfortable doing a small runnout.