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Garden Groove 

5.10a

   

FA: FTR: Matt ?? FA: Tyler Adams 2005
New Route: Yes
Type: Trad, Sport
Consensus: 5.10a [details]
Length: 1 pitch, 35 feet
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Submitted By: corvegas on Jul 20, 2006


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Description 

One of the only ropped climbs at the garden.


Location 

This route is located on the south side of the giant main boulder in the Garden. Climb the obvious scrubbed crack to a bulge, and bolt, clip the bolt surmount the bulge and move to anchors.


Protection 

1 bolt + Anchors, Optional gear to .75 (Blue Alien and Green/Yellow Hybrid Alien protect the first part) or a crash pad.



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By corvegas
From: the depths of oregon
Aug 22, 2006

Any one else done this with all the traffic there now, and how clean it is it seems like someone else may have led it?

By Peter Franzen
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From: Portland, OR
Aug 23, 2006

I'm not aware of anyone else getting on it. Everyone always laughs when I suggest bringing anything but crashpads to the Garden. ;)

What's the word on other roped climbs down there? The first time I was there I saw a bunch of people with a couple of Hiltis and plenty of rigging gear, obviously out to equip some routes. Anything been cleaned off on the little cliffes just up the road?

By corvegas
From: the depths of oregon
Sep 5, 2006

Peter-

Some people added some useless top rope anchors on problems that had been done with out them. I imagine this is what you saw, those bolts have since been chopped. On this route Matt ???? had added TR anchors years ago but, never did anything with it as it was too dirty. 2 years ago we started cleaning it and cleaned the hell out of it, I decided to add a bolt to the upper unprotectable part, I tryed to protect with beaks but they where tipped out and ripped. This climb is very worthy of useing a rope a fall from above would result in many broken bones. Give it a shot next time your out there and sample something diffrent at the garden. The cliffs back an behind have had some stuff started on it theres a couple of bolts scatterd about and some ropes that have been hanging far on the west end, on the east end there is an Aid climb that was never fineshed that would prolly go free at 11 something. Further down the road just past the damn there is a crag with a couple of TR and sport climbs, right on the left side of the road. Past that on the left side of the road as well there is a small pillar with a couple of routes up it, great veiws to be had. Enjoy!