Leading up Holy Wall in January 2007. Look at all ...
Description
An extremely pocketed and chalked-up face route with thin feet past the first bolt and nice, steep climbing above. Bolt line moves right-ish but the route can be climbed left of the bolt line at about the same grade. Almost too many pockets to choose from!
Location
The very obvious pocketed route with tons of chalked up holds. Shown as route number 12 on the Overlook route topo photo. Accessed by the easy scrambling on top of the Lower Buttress.
Protection
5 bolts to chain anchors. Note there are two sets of anchors for this climb--one can be accessed from the top for TRing and the other, lower chains, are used when leading.
this is a really fun warmup! However, it sees a lot of traffic, and feels really slick and greasy, so it feels insecure for the grade.
By Jason Hundhausen From: Los Alamos, NM Jul 2, 2007 rating: 5.10a
This is one of those routes that gets dramatically easier the more you climb it. So many pockets--all of which are massively chalked up--make it a challenging onsight. An excellent route though!
This past weekend I added two black carabiners to the lower set of anchors on this route to facilitate fast, easy and safe cleaning/lowering. It would be awesome if they stayed in place for the good of everyone climbing this route. Pass the word to leave fixed biners in place.
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