Leviathan Link-up

[Fred]

Some of you may have heard me talk about "Leviathan Link-up" before. This variation follows Leviathan proper then traverses to Access Denied chain then continues straight up through the roof. I would guess it goes at 5.11d.

1. Was this the original intended line for Leviathan or did Leviathan top out left at the last bolt?

2. Does anyone have any record of anyone ever redpointing this variation from ground to top of Reindeer Land as described above? Names of candidates that I can think of would be: Steve A, Mitch, Chris, Zig, Karel, Dixons, Baker, Sutton, Cruickshank, Anderson, Richardson, JP Graham, Lemon...

[STeveA]

That was the original intended route for Leviathan, however by the time it was actually done, the route had become so popular as it is now that we left it as is. The link up has been climbed by a few people that I know of and is a good route. I cannot remember who climbed it first, it may have been Karel.

[Fred]

I'll email Karel. Do you know of anyone else completing the original line? I'm just curious to track down the history to see if the original line has ever seen a free free ascent prior to this weekend. Doesn't matter who or when just a record of someone seeing another climber send the route.

[Matt Peck]

Do you even use a rope in a free free ascent? FFFA? I just thought we called that suicide.

[Fred]

hehe woops

[STeveA]

I have led it, and Richard Burton led it, although this would be about a decade ago before the other bolts on the right were there. The route has also been led off to the left to the top of Rheindeerland.

[Fred]

Excellent. Thanks Steve.