Blood Meridian  5.13b

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Type:  Sport, 1 pitch, 90 feet Consensus:  5.13b [details] FA:  Tim Toula 2007 FFA: Peter Vintoniv, 22 March 2012 New Route:  Yes Season:  Anytime Submitted By:  James Garrett on Mar 29, 2012 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (1) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

Peter Vintoniv on Blood Meridian

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Description 

This long standing Tim Toula project has been worked on by many. T4 noted when he heard the news, "I still have yet to see the moves at the upper crux" of this climb.

Since the advent of the new West Desert Guidebook, Peter V has been making short work of more than a few of these, all within merely a week's time. The true grade may await more of a consensus opinion as they originally were thought to be significantly harder. The star rating is as reported to me. PV almost felt a sense of disappointment that it went down so quickly, as he liked climbing this route so much.

Location 

Rappel the route with one rope. Just to the right of Snakeskin on the overhanging bullit proof wall.
A two-bolt belay marks the top of the pitch. A second 5.8 pitch takes one to the upper anchors above Anti-Venom, 5.10c (...marked wrong in the new guide, sorry).

Protection 

QDs for 19 bolts. Peter V skipped 5 of them!

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Absorbed into the rock on Blood Meridian