Type: | Trad, 280 ft (85 m), 2 pitches, Grade II |
FA: | Steve Grossman, Peter Noebels, Paul Davidson 1986 |
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Shared By: | Orphaned on May 25, 2007 |
Admins: | adrian montaƱo, Greg Opland, Brian Boyd, JJ Schlick, Kemper Brightman, Luke Bertelsen |
Description
Start on right side of ledge below the roof in the middle of the Dome. Climbs up to the three parallel vertical cracks that deposit you onto sustained section of slab before gaining the end of the Shake N Bake crack.
P1) 5.11- * 60': do a tricky mantle with a bolt to a shelf. Traverse right (5.7 R) when the rock starts to deteriorate, belay at a stance below the roof with a bolt visible up & left.
1 bolt, single #1 & #2
4" gear for belay
P2) 5.10 R *** 160': Follow roof left to a bolt then up through airy & committing moves to gain the discontinuous flared cracks then to the face above, following 4 bolts through difficult & committing climbing then head up & left to a chickenhead patch.
5 bolts, gear to 1.5"
belay in crack 3"-4"
P3) 5.7 R ** 80': join "Wishbone" for it's last pitch, heading up & right through runout slab to the chickenhead top out.
Descent: standard rappels down the SW Face or scramble off to the NE
Best climbed on a very cold winter day or in the shade.
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