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No Questa About It

Name: No Questa About It
Rating: 2.8

5.10- YDS 6a French 18 Ewbanks VI+ UIAA 18 ZA E1 5a British

Routes in The Legs

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	Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre (Original 5.8) T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Full Repertoire, The T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	No Questa About It T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a

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Type:	Trad, 400 ft (121 m), 3 pitches, Grade II
FA:	Dave Baltz, Bruce Doeren, Mark Dalen summer 1978
Page Views:	2,822 total · 21/month
Shared By:	Mark Dalen on May 27, 2013
Admins:	Mike Howard, Jason Halladay, Mike Hoskins, Anna Brown Page Updates (admin only)

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Access Issue: Seasonal Raptor Nesting Details

This climbing area is shared with raptors that nest on the cliffs. Help us maintain access and please avoid climbing near active nests/ledges that raptors are using. If a raptor is disturbed during nesting season it may exhibit aggressive defensive behaviors like vocalizing or dive-bombing. If you witness this behavior, retreat from your climb immediately and find a location on a different formation or a different part of the wall far enough away from the raptors that they are no longer noticeably agitated. If they remain agitated, then please leave the area immediately.
Raptor awareness is especially important during nesting season from mid-February to late May but needs to be considered through the end of August. Please report disturbed and/or nesting raptors to the Carson National Forest the appropriate district office (see below) and share relevant information here on MP. Human-raptor encounters can have negative impacts for the birds and climbers in the area. The Cason NF wants to maintain climbing access while protecting raptor reproduction and relies on climbers to recreate responsibly and share information in order to avoid the need for formal raptor closures.

Questa Ranger District
(575) 586-0520
Camino Real (Comales Canyon) Ranger District
(575) 587-2255
Tres Piedras Ranger District
(575) 758-8678
El Rito Ranger District
(575) 581-4554

Description

This 3-pitch moderate is the first route done on the crag. Climbed on an off day while working on Johnny Questa in the summer of 1978, No Questa features fun sections of knobby face & finger to hand-size crack climbing.

P1: Climb a steep dihedral/trough (5.8) then wander up ledges to a shelf of trees.

P2: A short steep hand crack in the left wall (5.9) leads out on the flake. Traverse on handrail & chickenheads then climb cracks & knobs to a groove (5.7) that ends on the broad sloping ledge beneath the final headwall.

P3: Climb straight in finger & hand crack (5.7 or 8), cross the arete & run it out & off right.

Descent: Either traverse off right to the descent gully/talus slope (may involve a tree rappel) or continue up Questa Flatiron Original Route to the top of the formation (requires 30' rappel).

Location

Route begins at the toe of the buttress on the east side. The first pitch aims for a horizontal flake visible a hundred or so feet off the ground before heading straight up the arete, finishing with a jamcrack & airy traverse.

Protection

Route was climbed using 50 meter ropes & hexcentrics. No fixed pro, none needed. Although a number of bolted anchors have sprouted along this route, these belong to climbs that flank both sides of the Legs formation & should not mislead as to where NQAI goes ...