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Ginger Bread 

5.7

   
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Type: Trad, 2 pitches
Consensus: 5.7+ [details]
FA: George Connor, Robert Oravetz, 1975.
Submitted By: Blitzo on Sep 10, 2006

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BETA PHOTO: "Ginger Bread".
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Starts left of "Fear Of Flying".
Take the righthand of two corners. Climb up, undercling right and climb a flake to it's top.
Climb a wide crack or the face to the left, using the crack for pro.
Can be done in one long pitch.
Rappel off back side, 80 Ft.


Protection 

Pro to 4in.



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A view of the start of ginger bread

A view of the start of ginger bread

Brett beginning ginger bread.

Brett beginning ginger bread.

Former Arizona climbing pal Monica says hello to Sierra country granite. =) <br /> <br />June 2010

Former Arizona climbing pal Monica says hello to S...

one long pitch with awesome features <br />

one long pitch with awesome features



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By caughtinside
From: Oakland CA
Jul 4, 2007

Fun but spooky for 5.7, looks like that whole flake will be on the ground one of these days!

By Blitzo
Aug 24, 2010

This is a good 5.7.

By B RAD
Feb 11, 2011

Can I get away without a #4 on this route? Currently i only go up to a #3 C4 and a #9 hex. Thanks!

By J. Albers
From: Colorado
Feb 11, 2011
rating: 5.7

You can get away without a #4, but if I recall, this will require you to runout the last pitch a bit (on the last pitch, you face climb to the left of a pretty wide crack that you stuff gear into). Others can correct me here, but if you are pushing your limit, you may want a wide piece.

By Daniel Trugman
From: Los Alamos, NM / Stanford, CA
Feb 13, 2011
rating: 5.7

As Jay said, a 5.7 leader will want a #4. If you are willing to run it out a bit on ~5.7 , you'll be ok with the #3 and the hex, I think.

By Floyd Hayes
Sep 4, 2011
rating: 5.8

I thought P1, especially the upper half, was just as good if not better than any 5.7 pitch at Lover's Leap, but it felt more like 5.8; P2 seemed much easier, more like 5.6. Two BD #4 cams are useful on each pitch (there is a fixed BD #4 cam in the middle of P1). Take along at least a half dozen slings, you'll want them for a short traverse and for gear placed deep in the wide crack.

By Brett Schooley
Apr 23, 2013

You can get away without a #4 camalot on the upper part of the first pitch by using a knob tieoff, a bomber number 10 hex, and two #3 camelots To (over)protect the upper crack drop a #10 hex, #3 camelot, knob tieoff, and a #4 camelot prior to topout