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5.9- PG13

   

FA: Mike Cichon
New Route: Yes
Type: Trad
Consensus: 5.9- [details]
Length: 1 pitch, 40 feet
Season: all year
Views: 90 page views

Submitted By: mike c on Apr 4, 2009


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Description 

First led ground up aid/free. A few tricky moves beginning, middle, and end. No bolt anchor at the top but a gear anchor can be constucted. Natural thin-crack system with some tricky protection.


Location 

The route lies directly between the two sport routes on the far left side of the quarry. It follows an arching thin finger/layback crack to a low-angle seam, reaching a ledge to a short dirty corner. Fun and exciting trad route. Easy but a little scary. (I wore my helmet).


Protection 

The gear is there, just a little tricky and on the small side. A little runout in the middle. If you get scared don't worry; you can clip the bolts two feet to the left on Pinkerton (3 if you like). Walk off or rap one of the anchors on the sport routes.