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5.9

   

FA: unknown
Type: Sport
Consensus: 5.8 [details]
Length: 90 feet
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Submitted By: Guy Humphrey on Oct 14, 2003


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The start of Clutch Cargo


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This is the first route on the left. It follows 7 bolts on good varished edges. This route is the best protected route on the wall. It felt easier than the 5.8's to the right. The climbing is fun and can be done with a single 60M rope.


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By Tea
Feb 15, 2006

New guide says this is 5.7? Anyone else think this? I thought the other 5.7 (scent of an Ultraman) seemed easier. Maybe this is 5.8? I dunno......slabby.

By Larry DeAngelo
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Feb 15, 2006

New guide is wrong. Old guide said 5.9, and that's what most think.

By Matt McMurray
From: Castle Rock, CO
Apr 20, 2006
rating: 5.9

I call it 5.9... when I climbed it it was nearly 100 degrees out, my feet were screaming/sliding all over the place, and I went home with a wicked sunburn... hence, not my favorite wall! =)

By Danny Inman
From: Westminster
Nov 27, 2006

Got on this with the 5.7 rating (new guide book) in mind, and just though Red Rock Slabs are sandbagged or that I'm a slab weenie (which I am). The climb is fun, long, and has a bolt when you need it.

By Tea
Dec 21, 2006

the farthest left route on the slab is "Scent of an Ultraman"..a Limage line ..black hangers..5.7 ish...mayb.. Single 60 M will leave you with some easy downclimbing on the rap.

By 46and2
From: Las Vegas, NV
Jan 3, 2007
rating: 5.8-

Here is my 2 cents on the ratings fiasco on Ultraman Wall. The new Limage route on the far left is certainly the easiest on the wall IMHO. I would give it about 5.7-. Clutch Cargo is in no way as hard as Ultraman and Speed Racer so I would put it at about 5.8- at best. Ultraman and Speed Racer are super fun and I think the only grades pretty correct or close around 5.8+ish?? Clutch Cargo also has all the bolts right where you best need them so no sweat, enjoy the route and go for it! Just my worthless 2 cents..:)

By Chris Owen
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From: La Crescenta, CA
Apr 15, 2007
rating: 5.7

Not 5.9 - I agree with the 5.7 rating. IMHO the best of the routes on this wall. Nice sequential and steep start to a ledge then very sustained slabbing up to a somewhat dubious open cold shut and closed shut anchor.

By gilbert.2003
From: Las Vegas, NV
Oct 14, 2007
rating: 5.8+

The climb is about identical to Ultraman so I go with 5.8+. I suggest you bypass the anchors (loose bolt on the open cold shut) and move right to Ultraman's anchors.