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(01) Commie Pinkos 

5.4

   

FA: Gary and Lynn Clark - 1st documented ascent, 1987, probably others earlier
Type: Trad
Consensus: 5.5 [details]
Length: 2 pitches
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Submitted By: Steve Marr on Jan 8, 2007


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The start of Commie Pinkos.


Description 

Commie Pinkos is a great beginners route - good climbing with plenty of protection.

P1. Climb a medium sized flake to a face that leads up to a decent belay stance. There is an old, gnarled juniper tree next to the belay with rappel slings wrapped around it. The climbing is easy and straight forward.

P2. Continue up from the belay stance to the summit ridge above. The climbing is generally easier the farther right you stay. The route can be a little confusing at the top – stay to the right of a small gully splitting the top of the crag and belay on a ledge left of a big juniper tree.

To descend, pick up the trail at the top of the cliff and hike down and left, through the rocky gully to the left of the crag.


Location 

Located on the far left side of the crag (hence the name – it’s as far left as you can get…). Further to the left, the crag turns into a broken talus slope. Start near the uppermost of two large pine trees near the base of the wall.


Protection 

Standard trad rack.



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Looking down the wall from Commie Pinkos.  Good shot of the angle and texture of the wall.

Looking down the wall from Commie Pinkos. Good sh...