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Planet of the Apes Wall

  
Submitted By: Jordan K on Oct 8, 2006
Administrators: Art Morimitsu, Jay Tanzman
Elevation: 900 feet
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BETA PHOTO: Planet of The Apes Wall


Description 

Popular with climbers of all abilities and good top roping. Faces south and is best in cooler temps.


Getting There 

At the parking lot, continue towards the visitor center, cross a creek and turn left (south). Formation on the right. Approach 15-25 minutes.



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The scene usually looks something like this. You can't see the 15 or so people in the shade under the tree to the left, and the two other top ropes they have up there.

BETA PHOTO: The scene usually looks something like this. You ...


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By Mike Morley
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From: Oakland, CA
Dec 15, 2006

Popular - definitely.

Even though Planet of the Apes is a "toprope only" crag, I would NOT recommend it as a good choice for beginners. The easiest route is 5.9, and everything else is 5.10+ and above.

By veedublvr
From: ?, Ca
Feb 19, 2007

I thought that Grape Ape (the 5.9), and a few other routes on this wall were sandbaged. A few other people climbing at the crag agreed with me. the 5.9 had super deep solid pockets almost all the way up and when the hand holds were not huge the feet were solid. There were a few beginners when I was there, and since it was TR only you have no problem putting caution to the wind and getting a good work out.