In the Firing Line  5.10b

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Type:  Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet Consensus:  5.10b [details] FA:  Chris Small, Kevin Henshaw, 2012 Submitted By:  Nick Wilder on Aug 2, 2012 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (1) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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A nice route with thoughtful moves over steep but small roofs. Amazing this wasn't claimed before 2012.

Climb the dihedral to the right of Zoe all the way up. It's quite easy for 25 feet until you hit the first roof. There's no bolts before this point, so you need a small rack (up to 1" pieces) to get here.

Clip the first bolt and surmount the first roof with good stemming for your feet. Cruise to the next roof, clip bolt, and crank over it (crux). Relatively easier climbing from there to the top chains.

Protection 

small rack to 1". 3 bolts. rappel chains.