Condorphamine Addiction Route

[dan_e]

Did this route on Sunday, here's what I thought of it:

Positive:

Some interesting moves, from the start and higher up on the 9 and 10 sections.

Great views of Dragontail, Colchuck, and Stuart. It's cleaned well and is basically a nice line on good rock.

Negative:

It's WAY overbolted, the worst part of that being bolts near places were pro can be placed (I clipped about 1/2 of the bolts, except on the 9 and 10a section). Too many belay stations, pitches too short (every two pitches can be done in one with a 60m rope).

 

Summary:

I think I see what the guys that put up this route were trying to do, but it's just not the place to do it. Even one bolt scars the rock, but that many really detracts from the beauty of the rock face and makes the route to easy to follow. I hope no one chops the bolts though, as this will only make things look worse. Lets hope the guys who put this route up read our posts and learn to maybe scale back on their next project. That's my $.02

[This message has been edited by dane (edited 04-23-2001).]