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Scottie Beguin Up To Bat
Description
Start the route via a 4th class scramble to the beginning of the leaning finger crack dihedral. The crux is a thin fingers/stemming problem in the first twenty feet and then eases up just a tad and turns into a wide vassicular hands/fist crack. Belay from a tree on the top. This is a Diablo shorty classic, but needs lowering anchors now that the crag is finally seeing some traffic.
Location
1st beautiful overhanging washed crack to the right of Early Arete on The Early Wall
Protection
A 60 meter rope, 1/4"-4" cams, 1 set of stoppers, and runners.Belay off of a tree on the top and walk off to the east.
This is another Diablo climb which probably saw recent FAs? in the 1990s. We cleaned a large flake off the left wall prior to the ascent.
By George Perkins Administrator From: Los Alamos, NM Apr 21, 2008 rating: 5.9
There is no longer a tree to belay from at the top; it probably died like so many others in the area. The belay takes #3.5 and #4 cams, or smaller cams too. Except for the belay, I did not see places for cams larger than 3" (blue camalot). The climb's name Up to Bat is in reference to the flying rodent living in the crack on the (probable) FA.
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