Model Worker 5.11c
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| Type: | Trad, 1 pitch, 120 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.11c [details] |
| FA: | P1 short: Greg Olsen, Jon Nelson. P1 full: Terry Lien, Max Dufford, Greg Olsen |
| Submitted By: | Jesse James on Apr 12, 2006 |
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Description This terrific pitch is best done as one long pitch, skip the first anchors where there used to be a stump (thanks for removing this!!!) The crux is just before the first bolt on the upper section, and is protected by small cams or nuts. Although, I think the lower part is just as hard. This climb is probably damn near impossible for short people, unless you are good at sideways shoulder wrenching dynos.
Location Just right of Princely Ambitions. You can rap to the ground with a 70 meter rope.
Protection You can slot an inverted small carabiner in the hole before the first bolt, but may cause rope drag problems. You will want some gear to fill in the gaps between the bolts on the upper section.
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By danelle
From: Seattle, WA
Jun 21, 2008
| If you are short, it may take a little magical levitation. It took me SO long to get this move by getting my feet up really high and reaching for the crimp. I tried this move many many times with the same beta, but somehow i just magically levitated this last time. |
By Drewsky
Jul 13, 2008
| The sideways dyno to the ledge is indeed shoulder wrenching; I found that it is possible to climb via stemming moves directly above the first bolt, with the crux being shifting one's weight over to the aforementioned ledge. Although I haven't led it this way, the (first) bolt would be no more than 3 feet beneath you, so it's a viable option for those of us under 5'11". |
By dcramer
Jul 14, 2008
| There are only two bolts (about 6' apart) on the section above the first anchor and the climbing above them is non-trivial. |
By danelle
From: Seattle, WA
Jul 19, 2008
| Yeah the stemming move is the way if you are under 5'3... |
By Eric Hirst
Sep 28, 2009
rating: 5.11c
| A #2 Camp Ball nut (Lowe Ball) really helps above the last bolt on the upper section, especially if the seep up there is seeping.
The upper section feels quite a bit easier to me (11a?) than the lower section, although maybe my slab skills haven't kept up. The rock quality on the final moves feels a little spooky to me though. I've finished straight up (R of the bush) both times I've done this. |
By Gabe S
Mar 25, 2013
| The lower pin pulled out on a lead fall in 2010-2011, the leader took a long whipper. It has since been replaced with a SS bolt. This was done to protect the flake. Hammering a new piton in would have broken the flake, causing a serious change to the nature of the climb.
FYI...The old pin was only hammered in about 1/3 of an inch. So all you who took falls and lowered off it for 15 years, thank your lucky stars.
The first half of the climb gets 4 stars...The second gets 3 stars after a slight cleaning. The upper section of the climb has had both bolts replaced and the anchor replaced in the past 3 years....Enjoy! |
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