[MCR] The Fold

[Public Mountain Conditions Report]

I climbed The Fold today with Richard Day of Pittsburgh. Wow what a cool route.

The rappels have been fixed up with new 3/8" bolts with rap rings, and
the descent can now be done with a single 70 metre rope. But.. what
must have once been a scary rappel is now a really scary rappel. The
first station is obvious and has recently had a second good rap hanger
added. Rap down about 30m, keeping close to the wall, to a comfortable
second station with two shiny new rap rings. Thread your 70 metre
rope, and watch the ends dangle in space 20m above the ground. Then,
have faith and start to rap plumb line with the station down about 15
or 20m. Just when you start freaking out that you've been had you'll
see a totally improbable third rap station with two shiny new rap
rings just a little left of fall line in a little alcove. Don't ask me
how it got there, it's hard enough just to reach over and clip them.

>From this third station it's a full 34.5m to the ground.


Regards,
Tom Wolfe
SG/AAG