The Man Who Fell to Earth 

FA:  Paul Crawford, Dan Osman Type:  Trad, Sport, TR Length:  1 pitch, 80 feet Views: 214 page views Submitted By: Brian Quiter on Mar 8, 2005 Add Photo  Add Comment

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Description 

The Man Who Fell to Earth shares its beginning with 'Only the Young Die Brave' at a very narrow crack that widens to wide fists above a shelf. Upon mantling a small ledge, clip the first bolt and traverse up-and-left (crux) across the face to a series of huge knobs (still difficult). Follow these up to a small roof, pull it then go to the anchors.I should mention that I did NOT see separate anchors for this climb, and instead moved right to anchors shared with 'Only the Young Die Brave'

There is also a run-out 5.11c variation that moves up to the third bolt from the left.

If we had 5 stars in our rating system this would have received 4 from me. I thought it was a lot of fun.

Protection 

5 bolts to a 2 bolt anchorbring a small piece (~.4) to protect the starting crack.