Star Trekin, Mt. Russell 5.10c |
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High Sierra, California USA | ||
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Avg time to climb route: 4-7 hours
Approach time: 4-7 hours Descent time: 4-7 hours Number of pitches: 8 Height of route: 700' Overview
First pitch follows Mithral Dihedral to a ledge. The second (crux) pitch is heads up and mildly run out on tiny cams (have the solid 5.10 leader take that pitch). It involves a traverse, thin gear, bearhugging seams, a roof with a medium to finger sized splitter and xenoliths to a mostly hanging belay. THIRD IS THE MONEY PITCH splitter hands goes to red rocks like golden knobs and a belay stance. Fourth pitch is easy ow to the top of the wall. Follow a ridge with boludery moves here and again to the summit and hike down the sweeeeeet east ridge. This is the route on the cover of the High Sierra SuperTopo book.Photos
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 The route as seen from Mt. Whitney summit. Photo: Chris McNamara
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