Raining in Paradise
5.10 YDS 6b French 20 Ewbanks VII- UIAA 19 ZA E2 5b British
Avg: 2.7 from 6 votes
Type: | Sport, TR, 30 ft (9 m), Grade V |
FA: | Erik Phllips-Nania |
Page Views: | 776 total · 8/month |
Shared By: | Mark Orsag on May 25, 2016 |
Admins: | Peter Gram, Greg Parker, Mikel Madsen, Mark Rafferty |
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Description
This is a fun, surprisingly tricky, and entertaining little mixed (trad/sport) route. Start off with some physical laybacking of a 5.9 finger crack/flake. Leverage yourself (a bit awkward) onto a smearing stance on a sloping ledge. If you haven't used a stick-clip on bolt one, clip it and hit the crux section-- which involves using some devious sloping crimps to get off the ledge, then pull through a slightly steeper section on more positive crimps and finish with a couple slab moves. Short but varied and sustained.
Location
First Area of Moonlight Ridge next to the trad route Rainbow Brite (5.7), which shares anchors with Raining in Paradise, on the Stumbling Block formation. When facing Darth Vader (5.5)-- this route is straight downhill to your right on the backside (West) of the Stumbling Block formation.
Protection
Small cams to a #1 down low in the crack (nuts would work as well). A long stick clip would alleviate the need for those. 2 bolts total. I think it would be possible to scramble up the uphill (East) side of Stumbling Block and throw a toprope on this route to avoid leading it, but I am not sure.
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