- Edit (TBD)
Description
DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane) was a synthetic insecticide developed in the 1940s. It was eventually banned for a number of reasons, of which one was how it thinned and weakened egg shells. This led to dwindling bird populations. The name is a clue to the gear required.
Likely done eons ago, this is a long pitch on great rock. DDT lays itself on a mellow slab/dihedral trending up and left .
Slightly
less steep than Cracked Egg [winky winky].
Location
A mere 30 seconds past the start to the scramble to the Egg proper, you'll find a tiny belay spot. This is also the start to Cracked Egg.
There are 2 ways to approach this:
-
Annoying way: continue up The Egg trail where it degrades to grovel and bird seed and shimmy over from the left.
-
Preferred: walk up a chimney of sorts with clipped bushes right to the belay. See pic.
Protection
Up to 0.3 camalot at most. Consider a double rack of micro cams and plenty of small nuts. I even placed a #2 Lowe ball but you'll have plenty of good gear (albeit small) if you don't have such.
Rap from chains with a 70m to get you back to the start. It would be easy to roost right past the end of your rope when rapping to the belay, so tie knots in those ends!
Alternatively, rap with a 60m climbers left and scree-ski down to the start.
Routes in The Egg
- 1DDT5.6Trad