Located 100' left of Bird of Fire. A fairly fun route that is worth doing, easily accessed via the large ledge at the base of Bird of Fire. This climb originally had 3 bolts but was (in a rare move) retrobolted by the FA party to make it more accessible to climbers at this grade. The remaining bolts were subsequently replaced.
Protection
Climb past 5 bolts to anchors (3/8") Walk off or rap from anchors just right of (facing the climb)Bird of Fire
We did this sometime back and found it to be well worth the hike. When in the area there are many other routes side by side. Bolted and trad. The Dolphin in particular, for those enjoying "Offwidth" (Me!). Great area!
By Adam Stackhouse Administrator From: Escondido, Ca Jun 11, 2004 rating: 5.10a
Tried it early (read '90) and got to the first clip.....runnout then ....Interesting that it has been retrobolted. Looked like a nice climb back then, just too ballsey for me back then...
Rating this as a 5.10b is way out there in my eyes. A solid 5.9 yes. But that's about it. It is a fun, well bolted route that has some cool moves for sure. But again 10b??? maybe if you are either 12ft 11inches, r 3ft, 1inch???
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