Jebel Banat · Banat NW Face · trad
Banana Bread
6c+1) 5a. 55m Start by tree and corner ramp line to groove and ledge. 2) 5b. 55m Corner chimney to step right to long flakes to dykes belay. 3) 5c. 50m flakes groove to corner follow right to ledge. 4) 5a. 50m Of width corner to chimney over blocks to ledge on left. 5) 4c. 55m Gully and face crack to ledge. 6) 4c 45m. Left on ledge to crack/corner up to ledge. 7) 5a. 38m right across ledges to corner and up to obvious slab crack. 8) 5b. 40m Slab crack to obvious ledge. 9) 5c. 15m. Up vertical wall to traverse right. 10) A1. 5m. Short aid crack to ledge (Possible 6b/c free) Walk right 50m to ledge belay bellow a left trending groove. 11) 5a. 57m Hard start up groove to broken climbing up large gully. Belay on bushy ledges. 13 12) 5a. 30m Easiest line up corner then left and scramble up.
- Grade
- 6c+
- First ascent grade
- E2 5c A1
- Style
- trad
- Length
- 477 m
- Pitches
- 12
- Bolts
- 0
- First ascent
- Richard Sonnerdale, Richard Pike, 31 Mar 2004
Topo
1) 5a. 55m Start by tree and corner ramp line to groove and ledge. 2) 5b. 55m Corner chimney to step right to long flakes to dykes belay. 3) 5c. 50m flakes groove to corner follow right to ledge. 4) 5a. 50m Of width corner to chimney over blocks to ledge on left. 5) 4c. 55m Gully and face crack to ledge. 6) 4c 45m. Left on ledge to crack/corner up to ledge. 7) 5a. 38m right across ledges to corner…
Start 20m left of short chimney with giant chockstone. 3 pitches trending right over slabs( 4), then 1 pitch traversing right (2) to the beginning of a crack that goes up diagonal left. 3 Pitches up inside this one until start of steep dihedral. 1 pitch up through this dihedral (V, A1). From belay roughly 7m up, traverse L to sloping platform, 3m above step up and left to roomy belay (V+). Throug…
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Map1) 5a. 55m Start by tree and corner ramp line to groove and ledge. 2) 5b. 55m Corner chimney to step right to long flakes to dykes belay. 3) 5c. 50m flakes groove to corner follow right to ledge. 4) 5a. 50m Of width corner to chimney over blocks to ledge on left. 5) 4c. 55m Gully and face crack to ledge. 6) 4c 45m. Left on ledge to crack/corner up to ledge. 7) 5a. 38m right across ledges to corner…
Start 20m left of short chimney with giant chockstone. 3 pitches trending right over slabs( 4), then 1 pitch traversing right (2) to the beginning of a crack that goes up diagonal left. 3 Pitches up inside this one until start of steep dihedral. 1 pitch up through this dihedral (V, A1). From belay roughly 7m up, traverse L to sloping platform, 3m above step up and left to roomy belay (V+). Throug…
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