Crimped

Laurel Knob

woodzy | 22 October, 2006 15:48

Laurel Knob is absolutely spectacular. The height of this cliff is just inconcievable... You look up and still cannot understand that 150' is infact 150, you start thinking its something like 80'. Most of the routes are seriously run-out on the easy sections.

We were at the cliff by 8:30/9 and it was seeping horrendously. So we did the first pitch of Fathom, then headed over to Groover and did the first pitch of that, worried about commitment and possibly soaking grooves we bailed there. We then found out that most of the face had started drying up.

Begoon/Offenbacher 5.10c slab looked VERY enticing at this point. I was pretty scared of the run out and the slab climbing, but I sucked it up and climbed the thing... The run outs are horrible, the super runout sections are pretty chill, but still a 50ft fall on slab would not feel good.

Slab climbing just looks so appealing! But then you get ready to start climbing and well you scare yourself looking up at the small nothingness.