Chompin' at the Cholla  5.9

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Type:  Sport, 1 pitch, 55 feet Consensus:  5.9 [details] FA:  Pat & Rick Thompson, John Welchhans, 2000 Submitted By:  Old Fart aka Dave Bohn on May 1, 2002 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (44) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

Climber at the crux bulge near the top of the rout...

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A great easy climb with 2 distinctly different halves. To get maximum value out of this short route try to avoid using the broken pillar just a few feet to the right. Start up the wickedly sharp, black slab just right of Don't be Messin' with Ma Moves. With blinders on, slab up on a mixture of jugs and pockets with a few, thin, balance moves tossed in. Then, suddenly the rock gets pretty good and steepens to a really fun roof with hand-jugs and feet so perfectly placed you'd think you were in a gym! If not for the sharp start and the shortness of this route, I'd have called this 3 stars, but still a must do at this grade.

Protection 

8 bolts and anchors.

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Pausing to preview the upper half of Chompin' at t...	BETA PHOTO: Cactus Cliff - Right (2).	1st bolt
Chompin' at the Cholla - a nice corner.	Cory on Chompin'.