Beer Barrel Buttress  5.10c

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Type:  Sport, 1 pitch, 65 feet Consensus:  5.10b/c [details] FA:  Dave Fields and company, 1994 Submitted By:  Richard M. Wright on Sep 14, 2001 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (20) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

Faking difficulty by the super high, first bolt.

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Immediately right of 'The Ground Doesn't Lie' is a bolted line that starts off a block at 12 feet or so. Scramble up to the first clip and negotiate another adhered block on its right side. You can make a clip before standing up to run the nice 5.10 face above. The last couple of bolts are a bit spacey, but the climbing is secure, edgy, and chock full of good ledges for the feet.

I thought there were two "cruxes" one was getting established above the second bolt and another arose somewhere in the chocolate face below the anchor. A worthy problem to play on for the foot work, however, it is not very strenuous.

Note, over the years, this route has become quite rounded in places.

Protection 

Quickdraws and a rope.

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At the crux, great route with few bolts.