Pegasus RibRoute Grade Votings
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12m. The right-hand arete of the buttress. Climb the flake-crack to the arete and finish up this on its left-hand side. Low in the grade but as sparsely protected as the grade suggests. USER COMMENTS
This grade is spot on -- at HVS it was an accident waiting to happen -- one runner below half height, and the crux at the top.
Agree with the upgrade...nice climbing though.
Would be pretty easy even as E0, the gear below the crux is bomber and such that there is a crux it's pretty steady. Nice climbing though, a bit fiddly to get onto the arete.
I put in a bomber hex behind the flake on the right of the arete (but I was a bit worried about pulling the flake off) and then a side runner at the bottom of the big crack that pegasus wall goes up which I guess would lower the grade?
I also put a bomber hex behind the flake at half height, gave the flake a knock with a krab and it sounded worryingly hollow, i protected the top out with two small friends in the flared horizontal break to the left of the rib, not sure if they would of held a fall but the top out was ok if on the rib as there was a ridge to hold as you pulled over, my 1st E1.
it might not be that hard but those last moves seem a long way above indifferent gear. i managed to get a micro cam (smaller end of my set) and a number 3 behind the flake (agree it sounded hollow and i wouldn't like to test it.
Steady climbing above poor gear. It's easy if you keep your cool. None of the moves are individually hard, just slightly insecure above a big run-out. My first E1 lead!
I enjoyed this route a lot. Good gear in the mid-height break, from there a tricky move round onto the front face is followed by interesting climbing without gear until very near the top. I climbed this route thinking it was HVS 5a and thought it fair for the grade. |