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Crown Jewels 

5.9

   

FA: John Wolfe and others, 1970's
Type: Trad
Consensus: 5.9 [details]
Length: 2 pitches, 100 feet
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Submitted By: Brian Reynolds on Jan 14, 2002


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Shana Lauer at the crux. Photo: Mike Morley


Description 

Fun, two pitch climb. Third class scramble to the right of The Castrum to reach the base. Climb straight up past the obvious bolt. The moves above the bolt are greasy and harder than the 5.7 given in guidebooks, although they can be easily avoided with a 5.6 chute 10-20 feet to the right. Above that, the climbing eases up a bit, but is consistently fun. Most parties set a belay on the intermediate ledge to relieve rope drag. Run out the second pitch on fun 5.5-5.6 terrain. Popular.


Protection 

4 bolts (all 3/8"), standard rack and some shoulder-length slings. Best climbed in two pitches to avoid rope drag.



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By Mike Morley
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From: Oakland, CA
Jan 3, 2003
rating: 5.9

I used a #4 nut to protect myself from decking before clipping the bolt (3/8"). The moves past the bolt are harder than 5.7, although I didn't move to the right as suggested.

By Josh Beck
Jan 4, 2003
rating: 5.9

This is a pretty decent route. You definitely shouldn't go over to the gully to the right as you'd miss the business of the route.

It's my understanding, however, that something has broken off of this route, which is why it seems very hard for 5.7 :)

Felt like 5.9 to me and I've heard the same from a couple of others... like I said apparently the route has changed.

By Mike Morley
Administrator
From: Oakland, CA
Jan 5, 2003
rating: 5.9



I agree!

By Brian Reynolds
Jan 8, 2003
rating: 5.9

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this is a total sandbag at 5.7 -- I tried it as one of my first leads a couple of years ago, and got totally spanked trying to get past the first bolt (of course, right after I finally gave up, some 12-year-old kid flew right up it, but that's JT for ya'). 5.9 sounds about right.

By Woody Stark
Nov 24, 2003
rating: 5.9

We did this route yesterday as a warm-up! It's definitely a nine going by the bolt.

By Brian Alleyne
Nov 30, 2004
rating: 5.9

Getting past the first bolt is NOT 5.7 by any stretch of the imagination. Good thing that it is well protected at that point. The rest of the route is 5.7 or easier. And very varied.

The route goes all the way to the top, and can be done as a single long route. Just go past the ledge, up the following double crack, over the dyke, and up the face past 3 more bolts. The walkdown is not too bad.

By The Gray Tradster
Nov 30, 2004
rating: 5.9

A key hold has broken. It hasn't been 5.7 for several years

By Chris Miller
Administrator
Jan 27, 2006
rating: 5.9

A fun two-pitch outing that is worth doing if in the area. The FA of this was John Wolfe, which was discovered when replacing the original bolts on this route - the home-made hangers were stamped JCW.

By Brian in SLC
From: Salt Lake City, UT
Jan 2, 2007
rating: 5.9-

Concur on it not being a 5.7! Its there, but, thin.
Got a great DMM peanut stopper prior to the bolt. Seemed bomber.