Pump-a-rama 

FA:  Colin Lantz Type:  Sport Consensus:  5.13a [details] Views: 1,136 page views Submitted By: msamet on Sep 17, 2001 Add Photo  Add Comment

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Juggy fun: turning the lip of the cave. Photo by R...

Description 

Pump-o-rama climbs straight out the imposing middle of the Arsenal and is one of the steepest, longest cave routes in the Canyon. Besides a funky kneebar crux at mid-height, this route is a total jug haul, albeit a very strenuous one at a consistently roofy angle. But the holds are great -- giant underclings, incut rails, slopers, jug huecos and even a crimp or two -- and the climbing stays with you all the way to the anchor.

This route can be recognized by its position in the very center of the wall and is accessed by easy, ledgy climbing on a central sort of wide pillar to reach the first bolt at the start of the overhang. There is also a very long chain draw at the crux, about six bolts up.

Don't miss the swing off the anchors -- just make sure you get as high as the second bolt before you jump, otherwise you'll crater into the birm in front of the road.

Protection 

2 quickdraws -- one for the first bolt and another for the hell of it. The rest of the route is totally fixed with chain draws.

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