Crown of Thorns | E9/8b+ Trad climb at the White Rim

USA

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Grade E9 / 8b+
Type Trad climb
Crag White Rim
Country USA 🇺🇸
Rock type Sandstone
History
First ascent Tom Randall, Pete Whittaker (Before 4th Oct 2016)
Recorded repeats 0

Quick Info

Grade E9 / 8b+
Type Trad climb
Crag White Rim
Country USA 🇺🇸
Rock type Sandstone
History
First ascent Tom Randall, Pete Whittaker (Before 4th Oct 2016)
Recorded repeats 0

In the same cave as The Crucifix, Crown of Thorns is the bisecting line creating the 'cross-bar' to the crucifix. 165ft long, truly monstrous. Starts with a long section of hands and fist jams, then hand/fist stacks and finally some wide offwidth thrutching.

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