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The Trough 

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Type: Trad
Consensus: 5.5 [details]
Length: 2 pitches, 180 feet
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Submitted By: Adam Stackhouse on Feb 21, 2006


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BETA PHOTO: The Trough, running up the prominent water streak ...


Description 

At the center of the larger portion of the Big Rock face, lies a water streak. The Trough runs straight up this, via several bolts. Picnic tables for the area sit directly underneath. Crux comes after the first bolt, with the balance of the route having copious amounts of hand and feet holds. Generous bolts protect this fun climb.


Protection 

8 bolts. Can be done in one stretch pitch with a long rope, or done in two with a 165' rope. Belay anchors are found midway, 3/4 the way, and at the top just left.



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At the anchors on The Trough

At the anchors on The Trough

Rapping the Trough. The people on the ground are keeping an eye on <a href='/v/california/riverside_county/big_rock/106396239'>this</a> ornery naturalist, seen as a squiggly brown line to the left of the picnic tables.

Rapping the Trough. The people on the ground are ...


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By C Miller
Administrator
Feb 22, 2006
rating: 5.6

The midway anchor is gone, but the climb is easily done to the top in one pitch. This route seems to have gotten more slippery over the years and now seem harder than the nearby Africa Flake route.

By Adam Stackhouse
Administrator
From: Escondido, Ca
Feb 22, 2006

I was there yesterday (2.21.06), and the midway anchor is there, and quite fresh I might add.

By Jordan K
Oct 8, 2006
rating: 5.6

this is a bolted sport climb, not trad

By Josh Hibbard
Mar 26, 2007

Very slipery, especially in the morning before the sun dries it off...
There is usually a top-rope hanging from the bolt/rap station as this is a favorite with groups...

By Brian Hench
From: Anaheim, CA
Jun 2, 2008

I was unimpressed. The rock is very slick, indeed.

By Christian "crisco" Burrell
From: PG, Utah
Jun 1, 2009

I soloed this on a day that I thought I was a real bad man...yeah...I'm dumb. Easy, but I scared myself up high. A perfect first lead for someone who has some experience already.