Starts on the North corner arête. Work up to the fixed pin and then pull the bulge using good holds to the thin face. It seems like the holds get thinner and thinner the higher you get. Committing and kind of scary. If memory serves me right it felt pretty thin for how it looks from the ground up. anchor on top with great views.

Shagrat

Narsil

(Originally named Anduril, but name taken) Mantle onto a ledge to clip the first bolt, then work up and right to some really big knobs where you can get the fixed pin.  Continue up to a bolt then move right (crux) to better holds and and another bolt.  From here it is a very long runout (5.7-5.8) to a good ledge and the next bolt.  Continue to the top passing a couple more bolts along the way. 

  The route was done ground-up, some drilling was done from hooks, and was completed on the second effort.  The first attempt failed when a handhold broke off, resulting in a 35' fall from 40' up, as well as lots of blood, stitches, and rock rash.  Second effort went much better, but the route needs one more bolt.  

  The sword Narsil was broken in the overthrow of Sauron at the end of the Second Age.

Carchost lies just west of the Guardian route and rock formation.  Together with its counterpart Narchost, they were known as The Towers of the Teeth and flanked the Black Gate of Mordor, otherwise known as the Morannon.

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Routes in Carchost