Gunning for the Buddha  5.12b

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Type:  Sport, 1 pitch, 55 feet Consensus:  5.12b [details] FA:  Bertrand Gramont & Tom Kalakay 5/87 Submitted By:  Monomaniac on Dec 4, 2006 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (5) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

DisturbingThePeace nabbing the redpoint after a 4 ...

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This sequential line is a classic Cochiti test-piece. Half the trouble is deciding which of the heavily chalked pockets visible from the ground are best left unused. The other half is keeping it together on the final, tricky slab move just below the anchors.

The technical crux is reaching the obvious S-shaped crack at midheight, where a great rest gives way to the sinister, slabby redpoint crux just above.

Location 

The next bolted wall left of Praise the Lunge.

Protection 

Bolts

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