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Agreed. There's always a risk of rockfall / biner fall. What I really meant was that you didn't need to worry about dirt or rock fall from the Europa cleaning process covering Millennium Falcon anymore. Arguably the chance of rockfall (and especially biner fall) is higher now for routes passing belo...

I expect that some of what now appears stable will crumble as its time of exposure to surface processes increases. Have you been up there yet and had a look? There is nice, choss-free climbing much of the way. Take a look at the start of pitch 2, for example: http://www.ubc-voc.com/gallery/d/66252-...

You certainly don't have to worry about new dirt and rocks from Europa, because Europa is finished and open for climbing: http://www.ubc-voc.com/wiki/Europa Also, the falcon closures haven't started yet. The start of the closures isn't fixed, it happens when parks observe that the falcons have start...

Also of note is that when the falcon closures do come into effect (which they have not as yet) the first four pitches of the Europa can still be climbed. There is a rap route from the top of pitch 4 so that you can rap back down to the ground on a single 60m rope.

Full route description and topo now available on the VOC wiki:

http://www.ubc-voc.com/wiki/Europa

I'm basically fine; a bit sore and stiff still, that's all. Otherwise, just laughing at myself for managing to fall off such an easy move.

Matthew

Nobody was paid to go cleaning, nor was gas, the van Jeff bought to work on the project, or anybody's personal gear (or snacks) covered. The air compressor was $400 second hand, used to blow dirt out of cracks and off the climb in huge quantities (saving hundreds of hours of scrubbing), and is being...