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Type: Trad
Consensus: 5.8- [details]
Length: 1 pitch, 110 feet
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Submitted By: AJ on Jan 1, 2002


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Efferem chalking up on the small ledge before the ...


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This is the straight crack just right of Taken for Granite. Same start: a 5.8 boulder problem under a small roof. Climb a wide slot with a finger crack on the right for 30' to the top of a large block.From here, go straight up in a finger and hand crack.

2 rope rap from slings or easy 5th class descent down gully behind the face.


Protection 

thin to 2.5"



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As 200 Motels splits to the right.

As 200 Motels splits to the right.

Jose enjoys the movement through the beautiful granite groove on the Rattlesnake Buttress.

Jose enjoys the movement through the beautiful gra...

Brian Weiss, of Sacramento, thanks the heavens that he braved the long hike in. 200 Motels (5.8).

Brian Weiss, of Sacramento, thanks the heavens tha...

Jonny slithering up 200 Motels.<br /><br />4/08/08

Jonny slithering up 200 Motels.

4/08/08


200 Motels

BETA PHOTO: 200 Motels

Jason thoroughly enjoying 200 motels and  Taken for Granite shortly after.  Both great climbs and worthy of the boulder scrambling approach

Jason thoroughly enjoying 200 motels and Taken fo...


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By Matthew Fienup
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From: Ventura, CA
Oct 5, 2002
rating: 5.8

No trip to Indian Cove is complete without hiking beautiful Rattlesnake Canyon and roping up for "200 Motels." The route is incredible--smooth, Sierra-like granite betrays this route's location, and the finger locks are outrageously good! Is 5.8 allowed to be this fun?! Don't miss it. It,s among the coolest moderate pitches in the park.

MatthewVentura, CA

By Anonymous Coward
Jan 4, 2004

Awesome climbing, including face, OW, chimney, to a spectacular ~100 foot hand/finger crack (the right of the two cracks). This thing eats up nuts and hexes, and a large cam (4.5 Camalot) will protect the move into the wide crack and chimney. The technical crux comes quickly. Above the climbing is sweet and easy! You will want to climb it again, but don't have to because "Taken for Granite" is 10 feet away and even better! Descent: A chossy, veg-filled gully on climber's right leads back to the base.

By Jeff Sewell
Jan 5, 2004

Just a bit of trivia, but the original 200 Motels is the arching 40' right facing layback crack just below Rattlesnake Buttress. I don't know what that thing is called in the guide these days (is it even in the guide?), but I belayed Roy McClenahan on it / spring '79. Nice rock quality, cool moves; 10a-ish.

Edit- i read what Outdoor Eric wrote below- --route I thought we originally named 200 Motels was in fact Cactus Cooler.

By outdooreric
Feb 11, 2007
rating: 5.8

From the finishing ledge, I was able to run it out on moderate face to the sling wad at the top of Taken For Granite. This makes for a 140 foot pitch and avoids the descent gully.

I think Jeff Sewell is referring to Cactus Cooler 5.10b, which starts out great then gets a bit nebulous.

By Darren D.
Mar 28, 2007
rating: 5.8

This route along with the 5.8 to the left are really nice moderate routes. Clean rock up in a high position in a nice canyon. Easy scramble off to climbers right. Don't stir up the ants at the start.