Kindergeist 

FA:  John Dalbey, Mike Morley New Route:  Yes Type:  Trad, TR Length:  1 pitch, 40 feet Views: 52 page views Submitted By: John Dalbey on Dec 19, 2004 Add Photo  Add Comment

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This photo shows John on the first ascent (well, m...

Description 

This route starts at the base of "Ghost Upstairs" and then goes up and left along a dirty-looking ramp/gully. The climbing looks vegetated and loose but is actually reasonably good. We did this climb using all clean protection. Most of the climbing is very easy, 5.3ish, except the last 15 feet over a bulge are about 5.6. There's one big rock/flake halfway up that seems unsound so beware. We topped out at the new two-bolt anchor placed Nov '04 for Poltergeist. We were careful to stay entirely to the right of the Poltergeist line. The climb is about 40 feet high. This route would be a good training climb for a novice "trad" leader. The route can take a wide variety of passive, active, and natural protection.

Protection 

Medium nuts, tie-off slings, #2.5 Friend, Yellow Alien, #5 RP, (or other comparable gear).Bolted anchor and chains at the top.

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