At the beginning of October I had a chance to catch up with my good friend Craig Black of Gardnerville, NV ( Finance Major, Certified Level One Rope Access Tech ). We drove up Friday morning hoping for cool but sunny conditions at the summit as it had rained very hard the day before. We went to the Snowshed Wall for convenience sake and we were meet by about half a dozen other climbers on various routes on either side of the wall. Craig choose to lead the Composure Crack on the West Face, 5.6 hand jams/stemming about 30M tall. I TRed the route and then moved our rope over to the 5.11- arete known as Aerial. The climb felt stiff even for the grade and I would honestly put it closer to 5.12. Later that day we moved on to the Green Phantom wall just below the arch bridge and TRed a nice low angle slab called The Phantom Staircase. This confirms my impression that the low angle slab climbs of Donner are challenging but great exercise in footwork. Oh yeah, and we made friends with a local climber that day...
(Snowshed Wall)
Personal Review of Area : Rock/Climb Quality 9/10 - Size 8/10 - Accessibility 10/10
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(Green Phantom)
Personal Review of Area : Rock/Climb Quality 5/10 - Size 4/10 - Accessibility 10/10
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