Tuesday, March 08, 2011

3-8-11: First Act

Paul Barraza on the FA of First Act [v8]

Things are getting a bit stale around here, so here is some footage of a first ascent I snagged between snow storms this winter. It is in the area we have dubbed the "Crumbs" as they are the base of the Cookie Cliff. There are a few established problems in the area that are cool as well.

The problem starts sitting on a good sidepull feature and finishes on a good rail about 12' up. It is called First Act because the 30 foot second act is yet to be done. (Kevin Jorgeson, are you reading this?) The finish would be tall and committing with a thin technical section right after the big rail, that would be maybe v4x on its own right.

-Raza

2 comments:

tanner said...

Hey nice video do you know if tomorrow would be dry in Yosemite? Really want to try The Force and want to know if it will be worth it to drive up there.

Raza said...

I don't know. I would check out one of the Yosemite webcams to make an educated guess:

http://www.yosemiteconservancy.org/webcams