Misled Youth  5.12a/b

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Type:  Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet Consensus:  5.12- [details] FA:  Jonathan Garlough Submitted By:  chinos on Mar 29, 2010 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (2) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

Serious body tension is required to pull this crux...

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Description 

This route climbs the main buttress up the tallest part of the cliff. Climb up an easy slab to lone bolt. Continue up the slab with thin moves to gain a horizontal with a gear placement. Make moves up to a big flake and clip a bolt. Make the crux moves up to a jug and clip the third bolt. Make a hard mantle move to gain a ledge. Take a rest and then follow the arete past horizontals with gear to ring anchors at the top.

Location 

Central wall

Protection 

Normal rack, 3 bolts, ring anchors.

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Henry working out the moves

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