Orange Crush

Rob Fulton & Brian Zurek, May 2023 15 clips (3 shoulder length slings.) 52m. This is a two pitch route located on the upper east facing wall of the main Moose Mountain dome. Walk about two minutes left from the heart of the Anti Moose sector to reach this climb. The line is detailed on the overview photo on page 58 of the Moose pdf (2024 by Andy). Last fall I shared a few details, saying that the rock looks to be generally good. No star quality had been applied until after a few people have had a chance to repeat this rig. This route was re-climbed in March 2024, the second ascent team found it to be poorly cleaned and noted some weird bolting in places. Caution: The route is not recommended until some further cleaning and repair work is carried out. The second team climbed it as one long pitch trying to protect the belayer from the constant rock fall. They found some bolting strange and generally a poor overall: cleaning, building effort. P1) S-5.11a, 20m. Recommend using a stick clip to the second bolt to start on the pitch. P2) S-5.9, 32m. Recommend using some long slings (shoulder length draws) for the moves right to reach the orange rock on the second pitch. Steady mostly positive climbing ascends the orange rock. Make sure too crush it, not your partner...!