Marcy's Playground 5.11-
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| Type: | Trad, 70 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.11a/b [details] |
| FA: | EFR,John Baker,Geir Hundal,Marcy Makarewicz,'10 |
| New Route: | Yes |
| Submitted By: | 1Eric Rhicard on Jul 24, 2010 |
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BETA PHOTO: At first I thought that this was John Baker, but t...
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Description Steep face, easy crack and a steep head wall finish make this worth bringing a small rack along. It eases up a lot once you reach the gear section and may be no harder than 5.7 or 5.8. The head wall will bring you back to 5.11.
Location Starts in a scoop/corner feature capped by blocky dark rock with 3 bolts in it. Above this is a pretty right facing corner with a sweet looking crack.
Protection Bolts small rack up to red size camalot
BETA PHOTO: EFR on the FA.
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This is when we realized it was Baker.
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| Comments on Marcy's Playground |
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By jbak
Jul 24, 2010
| This is a good route to do if you want to "claim" a 5.11 trad lead. The gear part is easy and the gear is bombproof. The upper crux is nice but hard to read.
I was robbed of the onsight FA, going for the anchor, when a foothold exploded. That's my _STORY_ anyway. Good clean fall off upper headwall. |
By Geir
From: Tucson, AZ
Jul 25, 2010
| this is a very good climb. three well placed bolts protect the tricky starting sequence, after which you get into a beautiful crack section that takes great pro. the final headwall is actually a lot of fun and (for me) the crux. |
By Hendrixson
From: Tucson, AZ
Sep 11, 2010
rating: 5.11a
| This is probably my favorite route at the crag to date. Nice variety. Recommended. |
By Jimbo
Sep 12, 2010
| I concur with John on the rating. If you go left on the upper face it's no harder than 11a. Fun route, too bad the crack part is so easy.
Definitly way easier than Canadian Bacon. |
By jbak
Sep 12, 2010
| I was trying to be ultra-pure and so went straight for the anchor. Now I hear that most folks trend left at the top. |
By Jimbo
Sep 12, 2010
| John, we're too old to be thinking about being pure. Trickery is the tool of choice fer us old timers. |
By 1Eric Rhicard
Aug 6, 2012
| Looks like some nice human took a hammer to the first bolt hanger. It is a Fixe hanger and they were able to bend it over a ways. You can still clip it so I would use and not worry about it. |
By Jon Ruland
From: Tucson, AZ
May 10, 2013
| what do you mean "took a hammer" to it? is the hanger dilapidated? |
By Geir
From: Tucson, AZ
May 10, 2013
| Took a hammer to = bent it down flat against the rock. Well, almost flat - you can still just barely clip it. |
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