Up left (west) past the area that Kurt Smith called Teenage Wasteland*, lies a few stones below an obvious cliff band on the north face of Ryan Mountain. On a single boulder embedded in the hillside sits Reigning Grains, a semi-tall line that’s probably rarely repeated if at all. Enter two folks from Washington state.
While staying in SoCal, they decided to try RG but ended up cleaning and climbing the line right of it. It begins at the corner (RG goes left) and moves right into a series of overhanging ledges. I eyed this line back then but felt it would require more cleaning than our normal lazy** approach to climbing: just start climbing and clean it as we go up. This worked well for RG, but going right fit well for two northwestern boulderers. And it looked harder for sure. I’m psyched this line got done and look forward to trying it in the near future. They labeled it as First Known Ascent, but I feel it’s an FA.
Sam Sheesley, Drew McCarthy and Stamati Anagnostou made the effort, and part of Sheesley’s account is published below: Continue reading ‘Heart of Gold, a New Line Right of Reigning Grains’
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