7) Next up was Epitaph (5.
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– which is a little wiggy for the grade but I really enjoyed it today [I was whimpering the last time]. Kind of scrambly but exposed with some interesting rock features.
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The pitch directly above Epitaph is an old-school classic: Point of View (5.
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. Here’s Rich starting up the left-facing corner. Just to the left of this is an excellent (and fairly recent) sport line called Skinny Dipping (5.10/5.11) put up by Keith Swyer I think.
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At this point we weren’t sure if we’d make it to 10 since a few drops of rain had started and the clouds were closing in. But luckily the sky held off.
9) Route 9 was the classic NS sandbag (formerly 5.7, which I judiciously bumped up to 5.9): Mr. Puff. The photo sucks but the route is truly amazing. Steep and littered with positive holds. One of my favourites.
10) No rain yet and Rich still had energy to burn. His next lead was on a newish trad line put up by Steve P and Mitt to the right of the Sleeper Ledge. Can’t remember what it’s called but it’s about 5.8. Steve/Sean what did you guys call that line?
And that was it.
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3:08 pm top of E-gully.
10 routes in just over six hours. A Big(-ish) Day at Main Face. Rich figures a big day at Main Face would be 20 routes. Any takers?
- Sean
Ps. Sorry about the quality of the photos. Dirty lens.
pps. bugs were biting but not unbearable