Seneca Rocks ... The only 10 degree overhang 5.4 that I know of.
It's Breakneck, an 90 ft route with three questionable pieces of pro.
Both of these routes exhibit the hubris that comes storming on someone
who says, "It's only a 5.8" or "It's a 5.4, fer Christ's sake". When your
a 5.6 leader, moving on to Bombs Bursting was a real plateau. And
climbing wet West, By God, Virginia granite in the rain adds a certain
panache to the routes.
When we summited, there was a storm approaching over the Dolly Sods,
and we threw a double rap rope off the top. It flew straight out in the wind!
Wade goes "OK, Cliff you're the heaviest, see if the belay tree will hold us !!"
If that pine was 3 inches it was a miracle ... Heart in throat, I threw myself into a 60 MPH
wind that was wipping up the front side.
This was before the flood that wiped out the bridge and all at Seneca.
Cliff
Photo by Bill Wade ...
