Moby Grape and Vertigo in a day

Summary
OwnerMITOC Gallery Administrator
Creation Date2007-05-10 17:24:53 UTC-0400
DescriptionWoody Hoburg

Darren Verploegen
Vertigo (5.9 A0, 5 pitches)

Moby Grape(5.8, 9 pitches)

Cannon -- May 5, 2007
A fun romp up two Cannon classics. We left at 2 am in hopes of being on route at sunrise for a 3 route linkup (Vertigo + Moby Grape + Whitney Gilman), but unfortunately there was a traffic jam in the parking lot until 2:50. The traffic jam is not an excuse for only climbing 2 out of 3 routes. We only climbed 2 of 3 routes because we are slowpokes.
Be careful up there. There is so much falling rock on cannon, not to mention that some belays flirt with detached blocks. I still feel the safest approaches are 1) don't climb at Cannon or 2) don't fall, but if these aren't feasible, 3) put in extra pro, 4) belay under roofs and 5) wear your helmet are all good ideas...