Land of The Giants  5.7

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Type:  Trad, 1 pitch, 100 feet Consensus:  5.7 [details] FA:  Submitted By:  Benjaminadk on Oct 10, 2012 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (2) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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Description 

Tried to warm up on Gelsa and instead of traversing left at a piton 20' up I went straight up. Initial moves up are a bit bouldery and then it settles into nice thin crack and face climbing to a small left facing corner. Climb corner and step right to bolted anchors. Turns out this pitch was real nice. Very exciting when expecting 5.4.



This ONLY describes pitch one. The upper pitches are 10a/b and not recommended in guidebook.

Location 

Start as for Gelsa. Instead of traversing left at the piton 20' up continue straight up through a thin crack system to a steep left facing corner. Climb corner and step right to bolted anchors of Fat City Direct. Lowered with a 70m. I do not know if a 60m would make it.

Protection 

Gear is good. Lots of gear in the fingers range. Couple pitons. Nuts. Bolt anchor at top.