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Hard as an oosik 

Bat Cave

  
Submitted By: Robbovius on Jul 3, 2007
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Description 

A 20-25 foot wide, by 20-30+ foot high cave in the face of the cliff. The cave narrows up into an easily passable triangular opening to the Amphitheatre area.


Getting There 

From the Amphitheatre, follow the trail steeply up left, past the mossy/lichen-covered face just to the left of the trail. look for a trialgular opening in that left hand face. Go into the opening and follow the obvious widening downward into the Bat Cave proper.



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Mike entering the roof of Oosik.

Hard as an oosik 5.12a  Massachusetts : Farley Ledge : Bat Cave
Some steep face climbing (11b - ish) leads to an awkward rest about 3 ft bellow the big roof. Clip the first bolt on the roof from a restful stance and then climb out the roof (V2 or 3 - ish) with big moves on jugs. When you grab the lip, don't forget to reach back and clip the second roof bolt (fixed draw) before pulling the lip to a stance and climbing the last few feet to the anchors.Aside from being a great route, oosik also provides some go...[more]