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Blast from the Past (Isaac's Rt) 

Blast from the Past (Isaac's Rt) 

5.10

   

FA: Tom Isaac & LB
Type: Trad
Consensus: 5.10 [details]
Length: 5 pitches, 400 feet, Grade III
Season: sunny (good cool weather climb)
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Submitted By: markguycan on Dec 31, 2008


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Andrew passing the crux on pitch 1


Description 

Awesome 1st pitch: face climb past a bolt to hand and fist crack in R facing corner 160ft- bolted anchor. P2 5.8 chimney, P3 short traverse R from top of chimney to bolted anchors. P4 traverse R then up diagonal choss-fest,poor pro. P5 traverse R and up to large ledge on East face of summit.


Location 

SW face


Protection 

double set tcu's to #4 camalot,+ nuts.



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Sweet rarely achieved summit!

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By markguycan
From: flagstaff, az
Dec 31, 2008

possible, even recommended to climb and rap from the top of the first pitch; do subsequent pitches only if you want to bag the killer summit.

By Kole DeCou
From: Flagstaff, AZ
Jan 5, 2009

Just want to add to keep a close eye out for the traverse at the end of P2. You can't see the belay bolts from where the traverse starts, and it's real easy to miss it.

By markguycan
From: flagstaff, az
Feb 20, 2009

thanks Kole, we continued on up missing the bolts onto some run out face, decided that WASNOT the way to go and doun climbed to find the anchors.

By Dean Hoffman
Nov 3, 2009

I remember when this was rated 5.9! It seems that it felt hard even as 5.10. It also seems that there was only one set of bolt anchors at the top of the second and somehow we had to do a terrifying rope stretching traverse to a manky tree belay on the third pitch. The old sheet metal bolt hangers on the rap/old aid route were pretty sweet though.