Delicate Mechanism  5.10b

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Type:  Sport, 1 pitch, 115 feet Consensus:  5.10b [details] FA:  Calder & Lewis 2002 Submitted By:  david goldstein on Dec 1, 2006 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (11) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

Huong smiling at the slabby roof section!

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Description 

2.5 stars. The sort of obscure pleaure that makes the ORG worth repeat visits.

Up an easy dihedral, passing two bolts, to a roof. Traverse L under the roof, slabby, awkward and, I thought, cruxy, and pull up onto a ledge at the base of a short, hanging face. Pull past the face which feels unaccountably exposed and gain a ramp which is followed easily to steeper and harder climbing at the end.

We were able to just barely lower the leader off with a 60 meter rope. If you try this, be very careful since the belayer may have to climb up the route for a few feet to get the leader to the ground. The route leans/traverses a fair amount and would be difficult to clean on lower, esp. w/ a 60 M rope.

Location 

In a left facing corner capped by a roof after 20', just left of Too Proud To Ignore.

Protection 

11 bolts