Sectors
Albatross
City of Giants
Commodore
The Farm
Frictionary
The Graveyard
Gunwales
Healing
Heart of Frank
House
Hulkamaniac
Karst Valley
Lipsmacker
Olympus
Pilgrimage
The Prow
The Ridge
Riverside
Snakebite
South Bank
Spiderweb Left
Spiderweb Right
Wastelands
Weathertop
Wind War
Zombotron/Rising TIthes
Pit and the Pendulum
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Pit and the Pendulum 1 / 5
  • Start using obvious large shelf (and any surrounding edges) at downhill entrance to tunnel. Make a big move to a good right-hand edge in the roof, then use some hidden holds up and left to gain a fun exit through the uphill tunnel opening.
  • V6/7. Crouch-start at entrance to tunnel, with high right-hand jug just outside tunnel, and anything lower for left-hand. Traverse left, over the pit, before heading up, to a tricky exit at the uphill opening of the tunnel.
  • V8. In the pit to the right of the lower entrance to "Pit and the Pendulum" is a very blunt, hanging prow (facing towards "Firebird"). Start with right-hand on juggy sidepull edge (back in narrow gap between boulders), and left-hand on a low sloper. Climb the prow to the lip, traversing left to top out.
  • V7/8. Basically a reversal of "Brighter Than Creation's Dark". Start in the tunnel, using lowest obvious holds above the left side of the pit (a left-hand sloper and a lower, slopey right-hand edge) . Move up and right to a pair of slick edges, then continue right, exiting the tunnel and topping out in the same place as 'Cocoon'. Very unique line - tensiony, technical, and fingery on slick rock.
Pit and the Pendulum
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Pit and the Pendulum 2 / 5
  • V6/7. Crouch-start at entrance to tunnel, with high right-hand jug just outside tunnel, and anything lower for left-hand. Traverse left, over the pit, before heading up, to a tricky exit at the uphill opening of the tunnel.
  • Start using obvious large shelf (and any surrounding edges) at downhill entrance to tunnel. Make a big move to a good right-hand edge in the roof, then use some hidden holds up and left to gain a fun exit through the uphill tunnel opening.
Pit and the Pendulum
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Pit and the Pendulum 3 / 5
  • Start using obvious large shelf (and any surrounding edges) at downhill entrance to tunnel. Make a big move to a good right-hand edge in the roof, then use some hidden holds up and left to gain a fun exit through the uphill tunnel opening.
  • **for full view and details, access the "Jolly Green Giant" boulder (under the City of Giants sector) on the left navigation sidebar.
  • Start low in pit, underclinging bottom of suspended boulder, with your feet on the back-wall formed by a smaller block. Head up through rails/edges to gain a tricky topout.
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Pit and the Pendulum 4 / 5
  • Sit-start, matched low on the lip. Head up through edges and crimps, finishing up slab. (FA Mark Derksen, 2016)
  • V8. In the pit to the right of the lower entrance to "Pit and the Pendulum" is a very blunt, hanging prow (facing towards "Firebird"). Start with right-hand on juggy sidepull edge (back in narrow gap between boulders), and left-hand on a low sloper. Climb the prow to the lip, traversing left to top out.
  • Start using obvious large shelf (and any surrounding edges) at downhill entrance to tunnel. Make a big move to a good right-hand edge in the roof, then use some hidden holds up and left to gain a fun exit through the uphill tunnel opening.
Pit and the Pendulum
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Pit and the Pendulum 5 / 5
  • Sit-start, matched low on the lip. Head up through edges and crimps, finishing up slab. (FA Mark Derksen, 2016)
  • V4ish. Sit-start in cave using obvious, positive right-hand edge and opposing left-hand edge. Make a big move to the lip of the cave, match, and continue left for a tricky exit.
  • Start low in pit, underclinging bottom of suspended boulder, with your feet on the back-wall formed by a smaller block. Head up through rails/edges to gain a tricky topout.