Powder Monkey 

FA:  Mike Johnson Type:  Trad Consensus:  5.11a/b [details] Length:  1 pitch, 75 feet Views: 831 page views Submitted By: Glenn Schuler on Apr 23, 2008 Add Photo  Add Comment

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Dave Russell on Powder Monkey

Description 

Climb the twin, right-leaning cracks on the left side of the Post Office Wall. This is one sweet trad pitch, thought provoking and pumpy the whole way. One of the earlier routes put up at Thunder, this is an area classic.

Location 

East wall of the WASP Canyon, left side near the back of the canyon. This wall is known as the Post Office. Start appx. 20' right of the bolted route Heavy Water.

Protection 

Standard rack, 2 bolt anchor.

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Dave Russell on Powder Monkey.	Entering the crux section of the route.	Dave starting to feel Hellapumped.
The crux....	Dave cranking the last desperate moves on Powder M...	BETA PHOTO: Taken from base of STARLIGHT. Post Office Wall is...
Monkeying around	Not so pumpy on Top Rope but still lots of fun.