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The Chauvinist 

5.8

   

FA: Mark Powell, T, Rygg and Roy Coats, Jan 1964
Type: Trad
Consensus: 5.8 [details]
Length: 2 pitches, 300 feet
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Submitted By: Dpurf on Feb 24, 2006


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Description 

The Chauvinist has a hard start for 5.8.

P1 - starts below Left Ski Track in a short dihedral. Climb straight up a steep and flared crack to easy face climbing just left of Left Ski Track to Left Ski Track 2 bolt belay.

P2 - Climb up to a pin, then open to face climbing with 3 bolts to a easy crack that lead to the top.


Protection 

Pro to 2.5 inches



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By Brandon R.
From: San Diego, CA
May 13, 2006

The pin on pitch 2 is gone now, but it protects well with a medium stopper.

By Bill Olszewski
From: San Diego, CA
Mar 10, 2007

The start is definately scary for 5.8 - make sure your belayer pros to the rock. But this is a fun route, well worth doing, and a nice mix of crack and face climbing. I thought route finding was a little difficult to start the second pitch as the bolts are hard to see from where the crack runs out.