Points O' Contact 5.10c
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| Type: | Trad, 1 pitch, 80 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.10c [details] |
| FA: | Rob Robinson, Bob Ordner, Roy Briton - 1985 |
| Submitted By: | Josh Janes on Nov 28, 2006 |
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Description Start in a small left-facing corner capped by a small roof. Pull this roof up onto the face above and follow a dwindling crack. Things get thin up high! Bolted anchor.
Protection Standard rack.
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Above the initial roof, working towards the crux o...
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| Comments on Points O' Contact |
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By 426
Mar 5, 2007
| Watch the rope drag at the bottom. Perhaps the best way is to protect under roof and then back clean...
Amazingly good pro for how tenuous it looks/feels. |
By Nick Stayner
From: The Magic City
Mar 5, 2007
| Yeah, just keep your eyes open for the good pieces, because there are lots of opportunites to put in marginal ones & pump out! |
By Nick Stayner
From: The Magic City
Mar 16, 2008
| A great trick someone showed me: place a bomber medium (#6 or 7, can't quite remember) Stopper right at the lip of the roof to keep your rope out of the crack. |
By Richard DeCredico
From: Chattanooga
Mar 19, 2011
| One of the great single pitch 5.10's, like the best of the Gunks routes in this grade, packing a LOT of varied climbing into one sustained half-rope length of pure rock climbing ecstasy. |
By Monty
From: Morrison, Co
Mar 27, 2012
| One more rope drag tip! You can place a .5 size piece with a runner in the flake to the left of the roof. This keeps your rope well away from the crack at the lip. |
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