Recent Sendage:

• _5.11c
  
  Mike Ness

  _{2021-08-01 (FA)}
  15 pitch 475m climb up Vancouver Island's iconic big wall. Bolted and sent summer 2021. Shares first pitch of Talladega Highbank/Full Throttle and then cuts right with 14 new pitches. Pitch lengths are 30-45m with intermediate rapp stations added to all pitches longer than 30m. Pitches 6-8 follow a beautiful quartz dyke feature and turns an otherwise unclimbable, steep slab into a worthy venture for the mortals. Crux pitch (6) is 11c with most of the rest of the pitches in the 5.10 range. Do not be deceived by the grade; slab climbing can feel hard if you are not used to it. Bring good shoes that are comfortable yet good at smearing. Foot fatigue is real thing.