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Main Wall

Submitted By: Marc Kajut on Jan 25, 2006
Administrator: Marc Kajut
Latitude: 32.8271  Longitude: -117.0520 
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Mission Gorge, Main Wall.


Description 

The Main Area wall includes such great climbs as Mariah, Suzie's Wild Ride, Crack of Dust, Escapade, Empathy, and the Gorge's longest climb the Mission Gorge Traverse.


Getting There 

From the kiosk at the second climbers loop enterance, follow the trail up the hillside along several switchbacks to the base of the main wall.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Main Wall:
Mission Gorge Traverse   5.8     Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet   
Crack of Dust   5.8     Trad, 1 pitch, 30 feet   
Gallwas Crack   5.9     Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet   
Hangman's Climb   5.9     Sport, TR, 1 pitch, 40 feet   
Suzie's Wild Ride   5.9     Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
Mariah   5.9+     Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 60 feet   
Chicken Heart   5.10a     Trad, 1 pitch, 30 feet   
Prime Directive   5.10c     Trad, Sport, 50 feet   
Escapade   5.11a     Sport, TR, 1 pitch, 80 feet   
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Prime Directive heads up and left after the bolt through the orange rock.

Prime Directive 5.10c  CA : San Diego County : ... : Main Wall
Start up Sympathy (intense), and head up and left at the bolt. Basically an extension of Sympathy that adds on lots of classic bolt protected face climbing....[more]   Browse More Classics in CA


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Alan Nelson using a ground-down hook on a clean, hammerless, no-bolts lead of the forgotten A5 test piece "Misbegotten" 1976 unknown photographer, Original submission: Pywiak (rc.com)

Alan Nelson using a ground-down hook on a clean, h...