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5.11c

   

FA: Nathaniel Walker 11/18/97
Type: Sport
Consensus: 5.11c [details]
Length: 1 pitch, 50 feet
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Submitted By: George Perkins on Sep 4, 2008


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Description 

This squeezed bolted face climb is one of the more recent additions to the BONP, and is omitted from the guidebooks despite having been bolted in 97; the route name and FA info I found in Walt's LA climbing update pages from the late 90s
Crimp up fun and progressively thinning face for to the last bolt, which is followed by an overhanging section to the chains. I thought the last move was the hardest, reachiest, and most strenuous move on the climb. The crack to the left is assumed to be 'off', although it would be a little stupid to avoid using the crack below the first bolt (unless you stickclip it?).

The climb is perhaps offensive to some because the anchors provide convenient pro for the crux roof traverse on the previously established crack climb to its left Ralphs Dilemma.


Location 

The bolted climb left of Flesh Eating Gnats and right of the crack Ralphs Dilemma.


Protection 

5 bolts to a 2-bolt anchor