Aid practice near Albuquerque

Hey Mountain Project,

Does anyone know a good place to practice aid climbing near albuquerque? looking to climb some walls in 2017 and I want to start preparing soonish

-E.

The Whitewash is good if you are looking for something very short, like less than 50'. It has a rivet ladder, some hooking, and a couple of cracks through a roof going from A2 to A3 or so.

There are chains at the top of the Second Coming and some steeper 5.9+/5.10 cracks to the climbers left of the normal variation. You could rap in, fill you pig with some rocks, aid out and haul.

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Turbo Crack at Palomas Peak cliffs perhaps depending on if the bolts are still there (for a backup belay)

The huge overhanging boulder on the way to Gemstone West in Lower La Cueva Canyon (can probably (?) get on top to set a backup)

... If just overhanging aid leads are of interest

I'd like to practice hauling, setting up my ledge etc. Let me know if you want some company.

I would 2nd Capulin.

Ty Harlacker wrote:I'd like to practice hauling, setting up my ledge etc. Let me know if you want some company.

If you're totally new to aid, Big Block can be really nice for the first round of dialing in the basics (basic movement, pendulums and lower outs, hauling, etc). The slab routes on the boulder have easy top access. I'd do that before hiking into Capulin or the Sandias.