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Zeno's Paradox 

5.10d

   

FA: Spencer Lennard and Chris Robbins, 1978
Type: Trad
Consensus: 5.10d [details]
Length: 1 pitch, 80 feet
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Submitted By: Jeffery on Aug 19, 2007


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Looking down at the beginning of the flake.


Description 

This route can be reached from the first pitch of The Illegitimate (5.9.). Exit right from the belay to reach a large and green lichen covered flake(10c). Climb the flake up through a small roof and onto a steep face (10d). Some slabby moves will lead you up past two bolts (3/8") and then finish on a short section of the The Illegitimate for a belay at a large pine tree.


Protection 

The flake should protect well using cams up to 4"; nuts may also be utilized in a thin parallel crack. If you set up a toprope be sure to use some pieces for directionals as the rope does not fall directly upon the flake.



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Rusty quarter inch bolt on the face.

Rusty quarter inch bolt on the face.

Zeno's Paradox lower bolt. Notice the corrosion growth from 2007 to 2009. Interesting thing is the last place to rust is right where the hammer pounded the bolt in.

Zeno's Paradox lower bolt. Notice the corrosion gr...


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By Murf
Sep 1, 2008

Bolts are bad, but you are on positive ground before you are too far off the initial bolt.

The layback is powerful, Tony has good advice, at least 3 big pieces, a #3, a #3.5, and a #4 work.

I see Tony G's comment when I type this one, but not while viewing the climb, odd.

By tony grice
Sep 1, 2008

Just lead it 2 days ago.

Belay at the base of a killer thin crack with small bushes growing out of it about 50' below Zeno's dihedral. We approached via White Maiden's Walkaway better choice would be via The Illegitimate (exit Illigetimate 1/2 way or so up its 2nd pitch small ledge at base of thin crack). Belay takes .4 thru #1.

Climb off the belay into a nice tips crack (10a) (mind the shrubbery) pro thin cams (blue TCU, green Alien). Then get on up into the bomber, colorful, pumpy, granite dihedral crack. I placed a #3.5, 2 #3's, and one #2 (thin crack pro is available). At the top of the dihedral you encounter awsome moves surmounting the roof (med pro - yellow Alien, orange TCU) (Downclimable), then got up to the holy shit bolts. Should have checked here before the climb. Downclimbed and traversed into Illigitimate. Onsight ruined. new bolts coming? Super climb! Bomber rock!

By Jeff Sewell
Feb 2, 2009

Great classic/ combo is to climb Looking Backwards - then onto Zeno's....

By mschlocker
From: San Diego, CA
May 29, 2009

Bolts replaced 05/2009. Tony Grice and I popped nice stainless units back in the original holes. Go climb it!