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I fixed Right Wing this weekend. Wow! The corner pitch is monstrous: a full 60m rope stretcher with not a single good spot for a belay in between. It has some chimneying low down (I did see reasonable gear in the back of them) but the majority of it is hands to fingers. What a pitch! The short pitch...

I'm heading up Sunday to rap, fix, closely inspect, and photo the route. This should be done when it's dry as fixing will be a major challenge given the leaning nature of the corner. A few folks here have mentioned that they might be interested in getting involved. If any of you are keen on joining ...

Someone told me that they backed off it because of how wide it is. The bulk of it is not very dirty at all... just a little lichen and maybe 10 bushes. Your point about consensus seems off. Consensus is almost never achieved. There will be as many opinions once it's cleaned and has been climbed as t...

Right Wing has some offwidth (protectable with large cams; I'll probably avoid bolting in these cases) but also some chimneys. Here are a number of precidents in Squamish where offwidths received iron: -- Perry's Layback -- the 10a offwidth on Borderline -- Pipeline -- Tantalus Wall (p5) Right Wing ...

I've been thinking of cleaning "Right Wing" on the Squaw this winter. Only, after rapping the route and giving it a close look, I noticed that there are a few wide (o/w or chimney) sections that are unprotectable and potentially quite challenging relative to the crux (10c). I considered the idea of,...