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5.8

   

FA: 
Type: Trad
Consensus: 5.8 [details]
Length: 70 feet
Views: 70 page views

Submitted By: David Arthur Sampson on May 22, 2007


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Description 

I found the crux to be pulling a bulge to get established in the crack proper. This route has some nice climbing in the middle of the route, but the top involves bush whacking and lots of soil/ loose rock. Avoid this unless you have climbed everything else!


Location 

Just right of Answered Prayers. Start at the smaller of the two junipers growing out of the rock (~ 10 feet up).


Protection 

Standard rack to #3



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By Paul Davidson
Apr 11, 2008

FA - Paul Davidson, Tim Coats (or was it Haisley ?)

Was done right after a summer monsoon.

This was an excellent route, and pretty clean.
Sounds like the above description might have been off route
because it was a clean corner and arete all the way up.
I think there might have been one bush at the top but nothing as described above.

There is a climb to the right that goes through a bulge and into grungier ground. It's the crack up the middle of the flat face.
Fresh Air goes left to the arete.

More likely, the Overlook is being damaged by the same issue as at the Forks. All the rappel traffic around the top has created a lot of erosion leading to the climbs being scrubbed by dirt when it rains.

I just don't get this rappel ethic. It's a 5 minute walk to the west.

Why are we treating classic trad areas like sport ones ?
Why are so many parties rapping when trivial walk downs are available. Sure, you might have to do some trail maintenance on the east side of the walk down but in 30+ years, it hasn't really changed all that much.