Dipstick  5.12b

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Type:  Sport, 1 pitch, 50 feet Consensus:  5.12b [details] FA:  Louie Anderson (1998) Submitted By:  Benjamin Chapman on Dec 8, 2009 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (1) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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Emergency Closure to Protect Sensitive Plant Species MORE INFO >>> Climbs upstream from "Miss Pacman" and "Gameboy" on river right and upstream of "Xanadu" on river left are closed until April 30, 2011, or further notice as required to protect a sensitive, federally listed plant species. For more information, see: www.nps.gov/samo/upload/PublicNoticeCircleXRanch2010.PDF This information is a public crowdsourcing effort between the Access Fund, and Mountain Project. You should confirm closures, restrictions, and/or related dates. Keeping climbing areas open and conserving the climbing environment Grotto and Lookout closed MORE INFO >>> Climbs upstream from "Miss Pacman" and "Gameboy" on river right and upstream of "Xanadu" on river left are closed until further notice as required to protect a sensitive, federally listed plant species. For more information, see: www.nps.gov/samo/upload/PublicNoticeCircleXRanch2010.PDF This information is a public crowdsourcing effort between the Access Fund, and Mountain Project. You should confirm closures, restrictions, and/or related dates. Keeping climbing areas open and conserving the climbing environment

Description 

"Dipstick" is the left most of the three routes on the huge orange block that sits above the entrance to the Grotto. Start climbing in the pit below the block and climb up tensiony 5.11 moves on sidepulls and underclings to a rest on the horizontal break. After lingering here, punch through the powerful headwall crux.

Location 

Left most route on the huge block perched above and north of the streambed, on the approach to the Grotto.

Protection 

7 bolts to 2 open shuts.