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

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.