Ralph & Bob's  5.7

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Type:  Trad, 1 pitch, 90 feet Consensus:  5.7 [details] FA:  Ralph Craford & Bob Baker, 1977 Season:  Faces S.E. Submitted By:  Tony B on Feb 13, 2007 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (7) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

Ralph & Bobs

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Description 

An OK climb, but less traveled at least- no lines here. The climb has some variety and also has pretty good gear opportunity, but is not a classic splitter or corner that the gorge is so well known for.
Climb the crack system to a ledge with small trees and gear (belay optional) the continue on a wide crack to the top, or go left and climb a harder crack (5.9) to finish. The alternate finish was by J. Bronaugh & T. Freezel, '89.

Location 

From the approach, arriving below the Cruisemaster dihedral, go left out around a blunt corner and come into a left-facing Open-Book corner with some cracks a meter or so apart.

Protection 

Rack to a #4 camalot and enough slings to run the pitches together.

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