Rad Wall

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Description 

Beautiful wall with continuously steep, overhanging, FUN, long, and relentless routes. Enjoy!

Getting There 

Follow the directions to Schoolhouse Slab, look up and right, slightly southeast from the corridor, and behold a tall, overhung chunk of rock. Large ponderosa pine on the right end of the wall.

Climbs (Numbered from Left to Right) 

(01) Slacker Ken 5.9 -just around corner left of the climbs on Rad Wall
(02) Procrastination 5.12a -leftmost climb on main face of Rad Wall
(03) Bolting Barbie 5.11d
(04) Stroke Me 5.12a
(05) Against All Cobbs 5.12c
(06) Crack Attack 5.12a
(07) Stoker 5.12b -rightmost climb on main face of Rad Wall
(08) The Matrix 5.11c -around corner just right of main face of Rad Wall
(09) Resurrection 5.10c -2nd climb past right corner of main face

The Classics

Featured Route For Rad Wall

(07) Stoker 5.12b  NM : El Rito : ... : Rad Wall

Good route between Crack Attack and The Matrix. Start out pulling the hardest moves of the climb. Near the second bolt you can use a giant sloper for upward progress or traverse left, up and back right. After this section the climbing eases and a few rests allow some recovery. Rest up and head back to harder climbing with a few tricky moves and the redpoint crux high up. Be careful at the anchors of the large pine tr...[more]   Browse More Classics in NM

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A rainy day at El Rito means a busy day on the Rad...	Side view of the overhanging Rad Wall.	BETA PHOTO: Rad Wall