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Rolling Thunder 

5.9

   

FA: Paul Van Betten, Steven Van Betten, Larry DeAngelo
Type: Trad
Consensus: 5.9 [details]
Length: 4 pitches, 500 feet, Grade II
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Submitted By: Larry DeAngelo on Oct 2, 2009


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BETA PHOTO: Rolling Thunder


Description 

An elegant crack system shoot up the middle of the wall, about twenty yards to the right of Fine Whine. It is probably best to climb a short pitch up the initial chimney in order to have enough rope to reach the next belay. The second pitch follows the thin crack, makes crux moves past a small bulge, and finally passes a larger but easier overhang above. For the third pitch it is again best to halt on the top of a small pillar in the right-facing corner system. The fourth pitch is also a long (60 meter+) to ledges near the dead rappel tree. If in doubt, consider setting up a hanging belay in the corner.

The name came about when the FA party encountered a lot of precarious loose rock immediately above the crux overhang.


Location 

Scramble up the approach slabs to the brushy ledge at the base of the western wall. The route starts just to the right of the point where the approach meets the main wall.


Protection 

Std rack, emphasis on thinnish cams



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Climbing the initial chimney

Climbing the initial chimney

The thin cracks on pitch 2.

The thin cracks on pitch 2.

The crux bulge

The crux bulge

The upper corner looks deceptively easy, but it makes you keep working for a long way.

The upper corner looks deceptively easy, but it ma...