West Rock - North Face
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West Rock - North Face 1 / 1
  • Start on the far left end of the face. Traverse low, through "Torment of Evil", past "Kallen Route" and "American Sandbag", around the corner to finish up "Brians' Thin".
  • An innumerable variety of short V0 to V2 problems exist to the left of "Bob's Liguor Mart".
  • Crimpy and technical. Sit-start using left-facing holds. Move up and right, through the crimp-rail of "Bob's". Catch your breath at the start of "X-Wing", then punch it through a crimpy crux to connect with, and finish on, "Kallen Route". (FA JD LeBlanc, early 90's)
  • Sit-start, and climb, as per "Torment of Evil". Arrive at the start of "X-Wing", and finish up that problem.
  • Stand-start using chest-height crimp-rail. Head up and slightly right using small, somewhat hidden crimps. A sit-start to the left firms up the grade a bit.
  • V8/9. Sit or crouch to start, left-hand low on a sidepull, and right-hand on a crystally sloper. One-hard move links into X-Wing. Can also be linked into "Bob's Liquor Mart" and into "Torment of Evil".
  • Stand-start matched on large shelf. Dyno up and slightly left to a sharp, deep edge. Top out straight above. (FA Seth Mason, 2001)
  • Stand-start on rock, using opposing sidepulls. Good, but hidden, holds lead up and left. Bad landing.
  • V9ish. Stand-start on the furthest right set of crimps, and traverse left all the way into the start of "Bob's Liquor Mart", finishing up that problem. Can also be started very awkwardly sitting on the rock with a high left-hand crimp and a right heelhook.
  • Stand-start. Relatively easy climbing leads to a desperate topout high above a bad-landing.