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East Face 

East Face 

5.7 PG13

   

FA: Gary Driggs, 1951
Type: Sport
Consensus: 5.6 [details]
Length: 1 pitch, 80 feet
Season: Fall through Spring
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Submitted By: blondeclimber on Feb 28, 2006


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Heather Hayes on the opening moves of Praying Monk...


Description 

The bottom part of the climb is 5.7 the rest of the climb is 5.3


Location 

the monk is the tower that is above the headwall, you cant miss it, route is on the east side.


Protection 

several bolts, 3 belay bolts



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By manuel rangel
From: tempe, az
Mar 4, 2006

You must be referring to The Monk's east face. It's one pitch and utterly safe if you make the start around the corner. Otherwise, it could be pg13.

By Shiloh
From: Phoenix, AZ
Mar 9, 2006

I agree. Did it a few weeks ago. No problem except for the slight runout on the third and fourth bolts...Dont let the exposure get to you...Theres lots of stuff up top to hang onto as you trust your feet... :)

By Shiloh
From: Phoenix, AZ
Apr 11, 2006

We started the route on a South facing start with a bolt and then onto the ledge with another bolt. You then step out and up to the third and fourth bolts.

By Brian in SLC
From: Salt Lake City, UT
Mar 15, 2007
rating: 5.5

There is some fairly "bad" grafitti at the start to the original East Face route. Located low to the left as you step through the notch (faces kinda west-ish) in the chimney hallway. Meant to try to remove it, but, we forgot the scotchbrite or wire brush.

Great route.

By Pete Hickman
From: Phoenix, az
Jan 14, 2008
rating: 5.3

I also don't see why this would be considered PG13. There are bolts and they are new as far as I can remember so I didn't feel like there was anything sketchy about this climb at all.