Dwarf Shortage E3/4 6a, California Quarry
California Wall topo
As the forthcoming Llanberis Slate guide undergoes its final round of amendments another new route arrives, just in time to make it in.
Owen Barnicott has climbed an impressive new line on the main California wall in the Dinorwig slate quarries. Dwarf Shortage E3/4 6a starts right of Central Sadness below a line of 7 bolts. Climb up to the little groove, heading straight up following the bolts, with a couple of hard moves past the last one. Finish up the final crack of Central Sadness.
“A mammoth 50m pitch up the steep slab. It packs in everything from baffling groove moves to thin rockovers, and even some crack climbing to finish.”
Enthused Owen.
