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El Cohete Lunar

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Objetivo Luna — Objetivo Luna.

After a windy night, a reasonably nice day finally arrived – not as good as the approach day but the best of what we’ve seen otherwise. We hiked into the adjacent valley for the well-reputed Objetivo Luna route (7 pitches, 6b+) on the aptly named El Cohete Lunar formation. With the exception of a meandering (& hard) face climbing pitch 2, the route lived up to its hype with a mix of fun climbing and spectacular positions. The sixth pitch was especially cool with its fin traverse at the top. The descent was straightforward. A highly recommended route.

Photos

Objetivo Luna — In the morning, the Refugio cat followed us almost the entire way to El Cohete Lunar formation. I was a little worried if he’d find his way home later but we were relieved to find the cat on his 2nd bottle of wine at the Refugio by the time we returned in the late afternoon (Feb. 2015).

Objetivo Luna — El Cohete Lunar (one with the pointy summit…el cohete) & Cara Banana to its right. Objetivo Luna (6b+, 7 pitches) follows the left skyline (sunny face) of El Cohete (Feb. 2015).

Objetivo Luna — Starting up Objetivo Luna – probably the best route we’d do in Frey (Feb. 2015).

Objetivo Luna — The very aesthetic flake crack. The starting roof of pitch 2 looms above (Feb. 2015).

Objetivo Luna — Shirley on pitch 1 of the beautiful Objetivo Luna. The flake visible here is one of the best sections of the route (Feb. 2015).

Objetivo Luna — Shirley finishing up pitch 1 – very beautiful climbing (Feb. 2015).

Objetivo Luna — Starting the lead of pitch 2 – thin crack moves to the roof, move right and then the real sustained section of the pitch begins. Sling your pro well here!

Objetivo Luna — Shirley on the meandering pitch 2 of Objetivo Luna. Rated 6b and sustained – we thought it was the crux of the route (Feb. 2015).

Objetivo Luna — The pitch traverses a couple of crack/chimney systems and features some unpleasant rope drag (Feb. 2015).

Objetivo Luna — Shirley topping out on pitch 2 (Feb. 2015).

Objetivo Luna — Pitch 3 – some chimney scrambling leading to another sustained face climbing section (Feb. 2015).

Objetivo Luna — Shirley on the 6a+ pitch 3 (Feb. 2015).

Objetivo Luna — Topping out on pitch 3 (Feb. 2015).

Objetivo Luna — Pitch 4 is just a quick, low 5th class moving of belay (Feb. 2015).

Objetivo Luna — Leading pitch 5 – very nice, mostly easy crack leading to a fun arete (Feb. 2015).

Objetivo Luna — Looking back at Shirley from midway up pitch 5 – this is the transition from a nice crack to a nicer arete portion (Feb. 2015).

Objetivo Luna — Midpoint of pitch 5 of Objetivo Luna (Feb. 2015).

Objetivo Luna — The very fun 5.8ish arete that caps pitch 5 of Objetivo Luna (Feb. 2015).

Objetivo Luna — Starting the 6th pitch (Feb. 2015).

Objetivo Luna — Leading the 6th pitch of Objetivo Luna above the crux (bulge/roof in lower left of photo).

Objetivo Luna — Shirley above the 6b+ crux of the route on pitch 6 of Objetivo Luna (Feb. 2015).

Objetivo Luna — Fun face climbing above the short crux on pitch 6.

Objetivo Luna — Shirley on the spectacular pitch 6 of Objetivo Luna (Feb. 2015).

Objetivo Luna — Topping out on pitch 6 – pretty spectacular position. All that stands between you and the summit is a two move wonder of a 6a pitch and some easy slab terrain (Feb. 2015).

Objetivo Luna — Shirley rapping off the summit of El Cohete Lunar (Feb. 2015).

Objetivo Luna — On the hike back to the wine… I mean camp (Feb.2015).

Frey — Back to the tent with Aguja Frey in background (Feb. 2015).

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