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Pick Pocket 

5.11a

   

FA: John Bachar, Scott Ayers, 11/90
Type: Sport
Consensus: 5.11a [details]
Length: 1 pitch, 60 feet
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Submitted By: Tom Helvie on Jul 21, 2006


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Leading up Pick Pocket, Holy Trinity area, ORG.


Description 

The first sport route in the gorge. Ground up bolted by John Bachar in the late 80's. This route is easily identified but its copious amounts of chalk. Start off of the boulder and crank hard starting moves up the pocketed face. Halfway up move a little left to gain a good ledge. From the ledge either bust out left to a juggy flake system or continue up and right and then back left on pockets (harder but not as good). The pockets on this climb are amazing.


Protection 

5 quickdraws to lowering anchor



Photos of Pick Pocket Slideshow Add Photo
Here I am blatantly violating the 'No Posing' rule at Owens.  Pick Pocket, .11a.

Here I am blatantly violating the 'No Posing' rule...

After blowing it on lead again, I TR-ed to get the scoop.  The right hand variation at bolt six is indeed the hard way to go.<br />E Neff photo

After blowing it on lead again, I TR-ed to get the...


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By david goldstein
Jul 29, 2006

Folks of less than a certain height (5'9"?) will want to stick clip the first bolt or use gear (~blue Alien) to protect the first move which is a ways off the deck since you start on top of a block.

The crux occurs down low after that it is 10c pulling on some of the finest pockets anywhere.

By caughtinside
From: Berkeley, CA
May 27, 2008

Fantastic climb on some ridiculously sweet pockets. 6 lead bolts instead of 5. Highly recommended.

By susan peplow
From: Phx J-Tree
Jun 9, 2008

Caught, you got on that route the day before we were looking at it. Hard to pass up .....but we did.

Also, the description states Ayers/Bachar. I believe it was Rick Cashner & John Bachar who put it up in the late 80's.

Good on ya!

~Susan