Cornered Fox - The Waterfall

[brazen hornet]

Name: Cornered Fox
FA: ManInAWhiteSuit
FR: Xhexirox
Ascent: Gear, Buffs, Chalk, Feedback
Grade: 8b
Nearest Save: The Waterfall
Route Info: Begin up “The Jackal” but instead of exiting out right through the original ending, begin up the slab and then cut left across a series of vertical cracks that lead nowhere. You’ll eventually come to a resting point above a double crack system. Here you must downclimb about 15 feet to the left to another outcropping. Once there, traverse around the arete and climb up over a roof toward the final crack on the right. This will lead you up and out of the arch. The Foxdie variation combines this with Jumbo Love if you want extra difficulty.

“A cornered fox is more dangerous than a jackal.”

[shrewd osprey]

where did you start form?

[shrewd osprey]

nwm read your post on the jackal😅 looks like an insane route

[brazen hornet]

You start from the same spot as The Jackal. I put a pic. There’s also a pic of the start on Octopus.

[brazen hornet]

The Downclimb:

[shrewd osprey]

like how don't you just fall of?? impressiv<3

[brazen hornet]

Foxdie Variation

Name: Foxdie Variation
FA: ManInAWhiteSuit
Ascent: All
Grade: 8b
Nearest Save: The Waterfall
Route Info: This variation combines Cornered Fox with the crux ending of Jumbo Love. To begin the variation, head left beneath the arch, working your way up into the inner dihedral. At the top of the dihedral, move up and left to gain a key hold and then right to ascend the arch itself.

[glass loom]

I was almost at the end, I didn't place a piton because I was touching the wall looking for handholds....

Aava slipped

[brazen hornet]

A damn shame. Nice work getting to there. How'd you like the down climb?

[glass loom]

I'm not going to complain about the descent, I was lucky, Aava fell and automatically hit the ground.
I would rather have fallen, that was pretty pathetic

Now I have another excuse to try again and do better

[brazen hornet]

Haha you know there are actually invisible holds to help you down climb it, but they are so hard to find it’s better just desperate across lol

[glass loom]

I failed the downclimb again 🙁

But I managed to do it free solo

[glass loom]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XmavlDjm-E

The beginning of that attempt went quite badly