Bard Harrington Wall (WI 3+)
On Sunday, February the 27th, we climbed the Bard Harrington wall.
It was in really fat conditions.
The first pitch is not super steep.
The second pitch follows the division between the ice and the rock. I wish
I had some stoppers to protect that better. A section was crapy ice that
demanded some care.
Miguel led the third pitch which was plenty steep and sustained.
The last pitch it had a tricky steep section of ice and the rest was a
relatively unprotected climb through steep snow. The picture is taken from
the last belay, looking at the last section of easy snow. Some people can
be seen at the botom of the canyon (in higher definition, I guess).
We climb the thing in 6h 30min and made it back to the car in 1h
10min, because we took 10 min to climb to a place where I had my dropped
sun glasses. Thanks Miguel for picking them up. You can see the wall in
harder conditions here.
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Last Update: 04-March-05