Are you ready for Piolet D'Or

Jebel Fara

# on Topo:

Are you ready for Piolet D'Or

5

First ascensionists' grade:

5, 7b, 6b+, 7a

Max estimated grade:

7b

Length:

110

Pitches:

First Ascent:

4

Sergey Nefedov, Marco Richon

Year of FA:

2011

# of bolts en route:

trad

Approach

Route description

NW Corner

NW Corner Topo by Dave

FA description by Sergey:
First pitch is the same with first pitch of Faraon chimney route.
On the start of second pitch there are two anchors for protection on bold rock face (crux).
Link to a video about Sergey's expedition: http://vimeo.com/33613956
Dave's decription:
1) 30m 4b. See Pharoah’s Chimney route pitch 1.
2) E4 6b. Climb out onto the face past two bolts and up to a bolt belay.
3) XXXX
4) 30m 6a XXXX

Descent

main descent

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