Moss Madness  5.11a

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Type:  Trad, 10 pitches, 1000 feet, Grade III Consensus:  5.11a [details] FA:  Clint Cummins and Bob Steed 3/21/2010 New Route:  Yes Submitted By:  bob steed on Mar 31, 2010 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (1) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

BETA PHOTO: overview of routes, unnamed is in yellow

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Fifi Buttress To Close! MORE INFO >>> The following areas are closed to all visitor use to protect peregrine falcon aeries from March 1 until August 1 of each year or until the young falcons of the current year have fledged: Fifi Buttress Immediately west of Leaning Tower. Closure includes all routes on Fifi Buttress. This information is a public crowdsourcing effort between the Access Fund, and Mountain Project. You should confirm closures, restrictions, and/or related dates. Keeping climbing areas open and conserving the climbing environment

Description 

Pitch 1: Starts 10' right of Dangling Chads pitch 1 in a dark seam that takes micronuts for pro. 5.8
Pitch 2: Up right facing corner to a 5.11a thin crux 60 feet up. 5.11a
Pitch 3: Go left to join D.C. for 30' then climb back right up some large munge. Easy slab follows to a grey rock scar. 5.7
Pitch 4: Straight up past slab to a bulge with a crack in the middle. Belay on a ledge 20' above this bulge (2 bolt belay). 5.8
Pitch 5: Up past 3 bolts to a belay in the munge zone next to a block 60' up and right past the 3rd bolt. 5.9
Pitch 6: Up and right past munge to a large slot in the headwall. Belay above the slot at the 2 bolt belay for Eagle's Eyrie. 5.9
Pitch 7: Go up and left to a white slab with a hidden thin crack. When the angle eases move up and right to the base of the giant headwall. 5.7
Pitch 8: Traverse left to avoid the lower headwall then up 4th class to a point level with a large manzanita in the middle of the headwall. Traverse right past an awkward section to gain a small ledge just above the manzanita bush. 5.7
Pitch 9: Up to the left of two cracks that breach a steep section, then up past easy blocks to a belay below a steep handcrack or move right to the 2 bolt belay of Eagle's Eyrie. 5.8
Pitch 10: Up the short, steep handcrack to the top.

Descent: rap Eagle's Eyrie via it's 9 bolted belays (all SS 3/8" as of 3/21/2010)

Location 

Located just to the right of Dangling Chads 5.9 start. Look for a thin seam in dark rock.

Protection 

2 each thin cams to 2.5"
nuts including micro and offset

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BETA PHOTO: lower part, unnamed is in yellow	BETA PHOTO: upper part, unnamed in yellow	The topo