Browse Reports By Tag: somwow RSS2013-05-31T01:41:00+0000On holiday Monday, four of us traveled to Yak Peak to climb two of the popular granite routes. While Cormac and Adi climbed Yak Check, Cynthia and I made our way up the route called "Seven One-Move Wonders Of the World" (SOMWOW)... a 5.7+ 15-pitch slab route. Overall is was a fun route and a great day of climbing :-) Yak Peak - "Seven One Move Wonders of the World" route Bottom of pitch 1. Looking back on pitch 1. Lower pitch... mid-5th Lower pitch... mid-5th Middle pitches were allabout 55m long & runout. Pitch 9. Water at the bolt station forced us to build one. Pitch 10 Top of pitch 11 Looking up at pitch 12 Near top of pitch 12. Looking up at pitch 13. This was thecrux section and was more polishedand than the other sections (5.7+). Summit photo of Cynthia.   Most pitches were more runout than I'd expected. Cynthia is a good climber but preferred to second all the runnout pitches... so I lead almost every pitch. Total climbing time was about 8hrs and we were a tired by the time we reached the summit. For comparison, if you've lead "Over the Rainbow" on the Squamish Apron then SOMWOW will seem relatively easy... if it's dry. Check the Mountain Project website for an excellent description of this route: http://www.mountainproject.com/v/somwow---seven-one-move-wonders-of-the-world/106863038.... Read more

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