Latter-Day Saints 5.11a
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| Type: | Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.11a/b [details] |
| FA: | Dave Bingham, Dean Hernandez 2004 |
| Submitted By: | Perin Blanchard on Sep 26, 2010 |
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BETA PHOTO: Dan Zobell starting up Latter-day Saints.
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Description A tough, strenuous start followed by a bit of tricky side-pulling wizardry, and finally casual cruising on lovely edges to the chains.
Start up the ever-steeping base straddling the wide-but-narrowing seam and clip the first bolt from a fun position with a jug. Find a way to get up and into position for the second bolt, and then figure out the crux.
Still a bit of strenuous climbing to go: get above the crux section and then break right onto the beautiful, large reddish-brown plate. A bit of spider crawling up and then head a bit left and cruise to the chains.
Location On the east side of Building Blocks, starts up a wide seam found behind a sickly juniper (the only juniper around the base) and the follows a shallow, rounded, left-facing flake edge. Above the seam is a reddish-brown plate with rectangular sections.
Protection 9 bolts, chain anchors.
The route...
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Dan Zobell near the top of Latter-day Saints.
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| Comments on Latter-Day Saints |
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By Kevin Volkening
Jun 6, 2011
| 09' guide calls it 11a but cant recall the name. FA 04 by bingham. Few very improbable moves to easier climbing. Very thought provoking. |
By Boissal
From: Small Lake, UT
Sep 27, 2011
rating: 5.11b
| The dihedral moves are super technical and involve fierce shenanigans to avoid barn-dooring into oblivion. The upper patina section is bliss.
Hard start for 11a. |
By dave bingham
Oct 6, 2011
| "Pinner Face" 11a-ish. I did put bolts on this and it's a nice afternoon shade route with a slabby start and a crux at about half-height. It is the first bolted route left of "Zipdrive" and right of "Latter day saints".
ps - I did do an '09 guide reprint with a few additions/ corrections. |
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