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Border Crossing 

5.8

   

FA: Bob D'Antonio and Ron Olsen, 8/10/07
New Route: Yes
Type: Trad, Sport
Consensus: 5.7+ [details]
Length: 2 pitches, 200 feet
Views: 238 page views

Submitted By: Ron Olsen on Sep 20, 2007


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Bob D'Antonio moving up past the bolt at the start...


Description 

Border Crossing is a variation that combines Showtime with the upper part of The B Boys. It starts up Showtime, then cuts right and climbs the left-facing corner of The B Boys. This corner is just right of the crack system on Dutch Treat.

P1: Start by climbing Fine Fir, Before The Deluge, or Crackdown to their common anchor, on a pedestal about 65' up.

P2: (Border Crossing): Start up the gully right of the anchor, place a green Camalot and move right onto the wall. Climb up to a bulge, clip a bolt, and climb up and right onto an arete. Climb a hand crack to an alcove.

At this point, Showtime works up cracks left of the alcove. Border Crossing climbs up the alcove to a slot. Either climb up the slot, or traverse right below it. Traverse right on a ledge, past the cracks of Dutch Treat, to a left-facing corner that is the top part of The B Boys. Climb the corner and cracks to the top of the pinnacle, and a two-bolt anchor that is shared with The B Boys and Local Hero. 5.8, 135'.

Descent: Rappel 95' down to the anchor on The B Boys, then rappel 100' down to a gully above the start of Local Hero. Do an easy 20' downclimb to the bottom of the gully. Take a path to the left to get back to The Garden.


Location 

The Garden area, up a left-facing dihedral in the center of the pillar on the north face.

Route #26 in the beta photo.


Protection 

P2: 1 bolt and gear to a #2 Camalot. A runner for the chickenhead on the slab. 2-bolt anchor at the top, shared with The B Boys and Local Hero.



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Selected routes on the north face of Tonnere Tower:<br /><br />Treasure Wall:<br /><br />14. Buried Treasure, 9, sport.<br />16. The Twilight Kid, 11, sport.<br />17. Fields of Gold, 10a, mixed.<br /><br />The Garden:<br /><br />19. Just Do It, 8, mixed.<br />20. Fine Fir, 7, mixed.<br />21. Storm Warning, 10a, toprope.<br />22. Before The Deluge, 10a, sport.<br />23. Crackdown, 9, mixed.<br />24. Showtime, 8+, mixed.<br />25. Dutch Treat, 8, mixed.<br />26. Border Crossing, 8, mixed.<br />27. The B Boys, 10+, mixed.<br />28. Smooth Operator, 11+, mixed.<br /><br />Creekside:<br /><br />29. Curtain Call, 8+, mixed.<br />30. Local Hero, 10a, mixed.

BETA PHOTO: Selected routes on the north face of Tonnere Tower...

Routes on the pinnacle on the north face.

BETA PHOTO: Routes on the pinnacle on the north face.