New ghost river multi pitch. HIGH AND DRY 5.7+ on PHANTOM TOWER EAST FACE
When you first drive into the ghost, this striking crack line can not be missed. There is a good picture of it in the new ghost river guidebook somewhere. If somebody out there in the climbing world knows if this has been done before, some info would be appreciated. This past thursday, jon and I decided to make an attempt on the east face of phantom tower. The route is to the left of texas peapod and to the right of the Vicia. Likely is the easiest multi in the south ghost. 5.7 for most of it with the odd section of 5.8. All of the belays were either off trees, or a self drive and a combination of gear. I will try to give an appropriate breakdown of the pitches. Here is a quick shot of High and Dry. The red line is where to climb-ish and the yellow dots are where to belay-ish. . HIGH AND DRY ( 5.7+) 220 METERS F.A. JON PREVOST AND ADAM MATIAS EARLY SEPT 2017 Approach as for east face of phantom tower. Scramble up through some trees to gain the base