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Burning Down the House 
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Burning Down the House 

5.12b R

   
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Type: Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet
Consensus: 5.12 [details]
FA: Darrell Hensel, October 1987
Submitted By: Adam Stackhouse on Mar 24, 2006

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This is the thin face climb right of Jigsaw (5.10a R), running up the center of the Sunkist Face. Three bolts protect a couple of 5.12 moves, with a bit of runout 5.10 climbing above.


Protection 

3 bolts, gear to 2.5" for the anchor



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By usetob
From: Visalia, Ca.
May 5, 2008

Has this been repeated?

By Darrell Hensel
Jul 11, 2008
rating: 5.12b R

Really slick and featureless rock. While it doesn't have any individual moves on it that are as hard as some other routes, I still found this to be perhaps the most serious lead I've done at either rock. I found there to be more than a couple of hard moves on it. And most of the hard climbing is not near the bolts. My feeling was/is that the moves from the first bolt up to about 20' above the third are almost all 5.11 or 5.12 with no place to really stop. In my book, a hard psychological lead due to the runouts and continuous, and tenuous, nature of the climbing.

But then, those are just my opinions. I'd be curious to hear what other people who have led the route think. Perhaps there is a rubber that works better than what I used?

The route was almost done with two bolts. However, a long fall from the last hard moves intimidated me into placing a third bolt. BTW: no need to use the Jigsaw flake, stay left of it.

By C Miller
Administrator
Jul 11, 2008

To quote KP - "If you have to think, you're off".

By johannsolo
From: So Cal
Nov 20, 2012
rating: 5.12c R

Arguably the best hard slab route in So Cal. One tenuous rest in 40 feet of continuous, steep, thin hold smedging. Perfect rock.