Darin Lang leading Refer Madness - just to the rig...
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Turkey Perch has a lot of nice one pitch climbs that can be either led, or TR'd. One example is Refer Madness, a nice crack going up the middle, right behind a tree. I guess you could TR this, and the ones right next to it, but the climbs on the right, or left of the wall are better for that. This one takes a nice crack that curves left at the top, and climbs a slab up to the overhang/block. Traverse around to an easy scramble to a tree anchor at the top.
I thought this climb was at least a two star. A great finish to this climb instead of the easy scramble is to climb directly through the overhand into the horizontal cracks above known as The Mark of Zorro (5.9).
This is one of my favorite climbs on the perch. The double parallel crack at the start is excellent and I love the way the crack moves to the left and peters out towards the top which forces you to do some face/slab moves to the crack under the roof. I recommend saving a few small cams for the end of the crack. (Blue or Green Alien)
Yah, not sure why I gave it only one star? This was one of the first routes I put up on the site... But, all things considered, I'd agree that it is at least a 2 star line, if not for just the name alone..;_ Great jamming, fun move at the end... However, there is no shortage of good lines in this area!
By Jerry Cagle From: Tucson, AZ Jul 4, 2006 rating: 5.8
This route is VERY GOOD... I don't understand the low quality rating.
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