130m, 4 pitches.
Rockfax Description
The most popular route on the South Face - some bolts but carry a rack.
Descent - Abseil down the East Face - 2 x 60m ropes. © Rockfax
UKC Logbook Description
on the SW corner of Catedral. P1 well-bolted to single bullring belay P2 one bolt to belay on two threads and a cam P3 one bolt and a few cams to double bullring belay P4 cams to summit Abbed of top anchor for the 6c (double bullring) by scrambling round from top to left looking at Tiede summit
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| Obscure | 22 Jan |
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βeta: It's an easy climb with some really exposed parts so even though easy you wouldn't want to make a mistake without gear. As the route isn't well looked after there are some shocking loose boulders (put a placement in a crack of a washing machine sized boulder with my belay below me and the entire rock moved!!) It's a great fun climb, finding the second abseil anchor is annoying - for first abseil, abseil down the chimney to the lower chimney belay point, head about 10-15 meters to your left (facing the belay) down a scramble till you come to a small safe area about 3 meters in size. In front of you is a small spire, climb up it about two meters and then down it about 5 meters to find the abseil point - not obvious, you wouldn't find it in the dark. We took two 70m ropes, not required. On second descent the half way marks on the ropes touched the ground so it's about 35m plus stretch. Tbh, it's nice to abseil all the way to the ground but down climbing wouldn't be that bad. You are literally abseiling over your starting point. So, good fun, good exposure, good for trad newbies because there are fixed anchors, but risky loose boulders. | βeta? | |
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βeta: It's an easy climb with some really exposed parts so even though easy you wouldn't want to make a mistake without gear. As the route isn't well looked after there are some shocking loose boulders (put a placement in a crack of a washing machine sized boulder with my belay below me and the entire rock moved!!) It's a great fun climb, finding the second abseil anchor is annoying - for first abseil, abseil down the chimney to the lower chimney belay point, head about 10-15 meters to your left (facing the belay) down a scramble till you come to a small safe area about 3 meters in size. In front of you is a small spire, climb up it about two meters and then down it about 5 meters to find the abseil point - not obvious, you wouldn't find it in the dark. We took two 70m ropes, not required. On second descent the half way marks on the ropes touched the ground so it's about 35m plus stretch. Tbh, it's nice to abseil all the way to the ground but down climbing wouldn't be that bad. You are literally abseiling over your starting point. So, good fun, good exposure, good for trad newbies because there are fixed anchors, but risky loose boulders. |
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| Efe Tunc | 2 Jan, 2023 |
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βeta: You don't need 2 x 60m ropes for this route or in fact any of the routes on la Catedral. All pitches on via del Viento and the vía normal are shorter than 30m and the descent can be done with a 60m single rope or 2x30m ropes. I used 2x50m with plenty of rope left. | βeta? | |
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βeta: You don't need 2 x 60m ropes for this route or in fact any of the routes on la Catedral. All pitches on via del Viento and the vía normal are shorter than 30m and the descent can be done with a 60m single rope or 2x30m ropes. I used 2x50m with plenty of rope left. |
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