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BETA PHOTO: Grandstanding, 5.4, Potrillo Cliffs, White Rock, N...
Start up a broken crack system that is shared with Belly Up (a 5.7 that continues up straight). Traverse up and right to the top of a low pillar that gives access to a chimney behind another higher pillar to the right. A set of jammed flakes marks the top of the chimney. Once on top of the big pillar, up easy ground to the top.
This would be a good climb to set with a TR for a total greenhorn, like someone who's not sure about this whole rock climbing thing....
Location
Middle of the south cliff. Basically shares the start with Belly Up. Jackson's 2006 guide indicates some harder alternate starts that can be climbed to the right.
Protection
Not far off the ground you can clip a fixed nut with a swaged wire that looks like it's been hammered on pretty hard. Hanging a loose sling over the sharp flake at the top of the chimney is a shaky proposition at best, but it's really about the only pro going on in that wide crack, and this practice is noted as being the norm in the LAM on-line guide. Easy enough to set a TR anchor at the top with gear.
Potrillo Cliffs
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