Trad Climbing on the 2nd pitch (The Pendulum) of Vertigo at Cannon Cliff, NH

Описание: The 2nd pitch of Vertigo on Cannon Cliff (Franconia Notch) in New Hampshire. Unless your up for a 5.12 slab traverse, it's common to use a Pendulum during this pitch (15:52).

This was our first time on Cannon Cliff, and was my first time on anything considered a big wall. Hell of a fun day. Made a few mistakes but nothing serious. The entire climb is on video for anyone looking for beta.

Our videos of Vertigo:

1st Pitch, Eric leading -    • First Pitch of Vertigo on Cannon Cliff  
2nd Pitch, Me Leading (Eric's perspective) -    • Seth doing the pendulum pitch on Vertigo (...  
2nd Pitch, Eric cleaning -    • Cleaning the pendulum pitch on Vertigo (Su...  
3rd Pitch, Eric leading -    • Tired, weak, hungry and aiding the crux pi...  
3rd Pitch, Me cleaning -    • Vertigo - 3rd Pitch (Double cracks)  
4th Pitch, Eric Cleaning -    • Cleaning pitch 4 on Vertigo Cannon Cliff N...  
5th Pitch (the half-moon off width)
me leading -    • Seth leading the brutal half moon pitch on...  
Eric cleaning -    • Struggling up the half moon pitch of Verti...  

Cliff notes:

I would extend the rope longer then I did during the pendulum. I ended up coming up a little short.

I wasn't to found of the pendulum "anchor" being a single bolt. It looked solid enough, but there really isn't anywhere else to place anything. It looks like I have a free 1 foot draw/runner hanging there not attached to anything. I just used the biner on it to attach the webbing/cord to the rope.

We ended up doing the whole climb in 5 pitches. We had intended to do it in 4, but I made a mistake in figuring our position during this video (17:03). Comments in the video explain this. This pitch can be combined with the next (what we made the third pitch), just make sure your leader is up for a good bit of climbing. If you're using a single rope, I'd recommend just doing it the way we did.