Fine Line 5.9
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| Type: | Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 80 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.9 [details] |
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| Submitted By: | Guy H. on Sep 8, 2002 |
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Mike Morley leading the upper section of the route...
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Description This line is found in the Cirque of the Cracks area high on the West Ridge. It is located to the left of "Handcrack" 5.10b and right below the tree rappel. The trees, loose blocks, and blocky nature of the route detracts from its quality, but makes for a fun TR after climbing one of the better routes nearby.
Protection SR to 2 inches
Dave heading up the route.
| Fun climbing in February
| Mark raps down Fine Line at the end of a long day ...
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By Shane Zentner From: Colorado Jan 22, 2003
| And a Fine Line it is. The crux is pulling around the dihedral above the ledge. Small gear protects this thing. |
By Scott Conner From: Lyons, CO Feb 2, 2003 rating: 5.10a
| The route seemed solid to me and I thought the moves were interesting around the one small tree. Worth doing if you're in the area. |
By M.Morley Administrator From: Sacramento, CA Mar 11, 2003 rating: 5.9
| Does the route Zap Snack exist? It's supposed to be between Duh Dihedral and Fine Line. [In regard to Fine Line] Better than it looks from the ground. Scott, I'm assuming the 12d posting was a typo. Either that or you were WAY off route!! |
By Tony B From: Around Boulder, CO Mar 12, 2003
| Yes, Zap Snack exists. It's a "squeeze in", intermittent seam, but it's there. I recall a short ledge fall potential 1/2 way up it, so be careful if you lead it. |
By Kevin Currigan From: Lakewood Mar 29, 2005
| Pretty nice route; a 50m rope will get you to the ground from the bolts just to the right of the route. |
By Jason Shatek May 8, 2005
| I would highly suggest this route. The gear looks thin from the bottom but I was able to sew it up pretty well. The first 30-40 feet is steep climbing on big jugs, lots-o-fun. The crux comes right after a large ledge. You can place a really bomber mid size stopper before commting to the 9 moves but you are forced to climb above your piece with the potential to hit the ledge. However, after doing 1 or 2 5.9 moves your through the crux and there are rap bolts at the top. A very good climb that I highly recommend. |
By Steve Levin From: Boulder, CO Jan 12, 2007
| Zap Snack climbs Fine Line to the small ledge (FA belayed here), then moves right to climb the steep upper dihedral of Terminal Velocity. It predates both of those routes. |
By Tony B From: Around Boulder, CO Jan 12, 2007
| Steve, Looks like I did something else then. Go check out the little seam left of T.V. and F.L. and tell me what you think of that. I lead 2 different seams there in 1996 and noted one of them as "sqeezed." It was pretty runout. The crux was a ledge fall. I said it was hard and tricky. Mark couldn't do the moves and said he thought it was "harder than that." I asked "harder than what?" and he replied "I don't know, but harder than you think." So yeah, it would be a sandbag for 5.10a too. |
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