Home - Destinations - People - Partners - Forum - Photos - What's New
 ADVANCED
Main Wall
Show routes:
Select route...
Bats in the Belfry 
Blackened 
Bull in a China Shop 
Evil Offspring 
Genesis 
Hand Job 
Kindest Cut 
Kolaric Energy 
Last Episode 
Limestone Cowgirl 
Pocket Runt 
Power Trip 
Pretty Pasties 
Razor Burn 
Sacrificial Lizard 
Shortest Straw 
Swiss Arete 
Take Your Pick 
Tales From the Grypt 
Total Lack of Jump 
Under Attack 
Unpopular Mechanics 
Wind Chill 
Zone of Exclusion 

Bats in the Belfry 

5.11a/b

   

FA: Jim Steagall, Deidre Burton- 11/94
Type: Sport
Consensus: 5.11- [details]
Views: 208 page views

Submitted By: susan peplow on Mar 21, 2007


Add Photo  Add Comment 

You and this route  |  Other Opinions (10)
Your todo list:
Your stars:
Your rating: -none- [change]
Your ticklist: [add new tick]
 Printer Friendly View

Where are those bats?


Description 

Steep start with many well chalked pockets. Climb past two bulges to anchors. Very fun but pumpy!


Location 

Shady area just right of a very large dihedral/cove area.


Protection 

5 shuts - shut anchor



Add Photo Photos of Bats in the Belfry
Finding the big holds after the crux of Bats in the Belfry.

Finding the big holds after the crux of Bats in th...


Add Comment Comments on Bats in the Belfry
Show which comments
By Hillary Davis
May 7, 2007

Outstanding moderate (for Main Wall).

By Hillary Davis
May 17, 2007

...for Main Wall. Which is to say, it's one of the easiest routes on that wall. Moderate is relative.

By Jason Halladay
From: Los Alamos, NM
Oct 9, 2007
rating: 5.11a

I consider the term "moderate" in climbing to mean "5.9 or easier". :-) But I understand what you're saying, Hillary.

This is a super fun route irregardless!

By Andrew Ryder
From: Flagstaff/Tucson, AZ
Oct 20, 2007
rating: 5.11a

Careful foot placements make the upper crux bulge a breeze.

Watch out for the guano coating most of the first shelf.

By susan peplow
From: what day is this?
Jun 9, 2008

Haven't been on this route in a while. Blew the sequence at the roof by trying to hand jam and go straight up. I'm confident that would work but not that day. HUNG, then used the standard exit going slightly right.

Also, Deidre claims that there is a critical hold that has broken off. It's had been so long since I'd been on it, I didn't miss it. Then, I did hang so maybe it WAS missed after all?!

Opinions on that? Hold missing, more difficult, urban legend to make us old fat weak people feel better?