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| | 5.8 | Sport | | 2 Pitches | 180 ft | | | Bob and I gave Druid a second chance. Our goal was to toprope from anchors at the top of the lip. Surprise, surprise, there are no top anchors for In Lightning. There is only one set of anchors in the vicinity, and they are 20 feet to the left and would be helpful only for Lights Out or Bron-yr-aur. So after rigging from a huge boulder at the top (see picture), we used a doubled 100 foot rope to reach over the draggy lip, then tied our two 200 foot ropes together to do the 2 pitch climb all at once. From this position we were able to do all of In Lightening at one time, about 175 feet. That made it a very tiring route, so we only did a few climbs. Belaying with the significant rope drag was also an effort. We managed passing the knot by attaching a second belay device above the knot while the climber was in a safe zone and still attached to the first belay device.
Druid is a difficult setup for toprope. All of the routes appear to lean mixed or trad climbing. If you are a confident 5.8 or 5.9 leader, you'll do ok on the moderate routes. But, this is a confusing wall. |
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