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Rear Wall Rock Climbing
Routes in Rear Wall
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Bitch is Back, The S,TR 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b |
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Coal Shaker TR 5.13c/d 8b 31 X 31 E8 7a |
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K.B. S 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a |
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Knotty Pine TR 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b |
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Lightning S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a |
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Pine Line S 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a |
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Pod Head TR 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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Ryan's Crack T,TR 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b R |
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Sad, Sloppy, Worthless, and Weak S,TR 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Stairway to Heaven S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Thunder Stud S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b |
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unnamed (rear wall) S,TR 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c |
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War and Peace S,TR 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c PG13 |
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| Elevation: | 688 ft |
| GPS: |
41.14588, -76.13831 Google Map · Climbing Area Map |
| Page Views: | 17,123 total · 142/month |
| Shared By: | kenr on May 30, 2014 |
| Admins: | Justin Johnsen, SCPC, SWPACC, EPAC |
Access Issue: Paradise, Library, and Hawk Rock closed to climbing
Details
During the recent public OHV study meetings linked below, The Earth Conservancy has made it clear that they do not allow rock climbing on their land. The Library, Paradise, and Hawk Rock all fall within Earth Conservancy Land, and are therefore closed to climbing. The Eastern Pennsylvania Alliance of climbers is currently working with the Access Fund, Earth Conservancy, and DCNR to reopen these areas to climbing. Please be respectful of this closure and utilize the other crags around Mocanaqua to avoid further jeopardizing our future access of these beloved crags.
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Description
The east wall of the interior corridor of the Library -- not on the detached block at all.
When approaching from Paradise, the main thing you see is the large detached block. Then when you get there you discover a corridor behind the block, between the main block and a "normal" non-detached cliff face. The corridor and the two main faces of the block all run roughly SSW to NNE. The widest and easiest entrance to the corridor is on its NNE end.
When approaching from Paradise, the main thing you see is the large detached block. Then when you get there you discover a corridor behind the block, between the main block and a "normal" non-detached cliff face. The corridor and the two main faces of the block all run roughly SSW to NNE. The widest and easiest entrance to the corridor is on its NNE end.
Getting There
Parking is by the east bank of the Susquehenna River about half a mile north from the village of Mocanaqua (across the river from Shickshinny).
GPS latitude longitude approx (N41.1482 W76.1447).
Walk NNE through entrance gate to sewage treatment plant and onto dirt road. About 650 feet from parking the road climbs and curves around Right until going aiming South (N41.1500 W76.1426).
. . (Here bearing right SSW for 650 feet gentle, then curving to SE leads to the Paradise cliffs and the deep gravel pit, which is the shortest way to the Library on the other side of the pit).
The overall gentler way to the Library is to bear Left SSE uphill on dirt road, soon gentler SE, then curve to go E then ENE to a junction (N41.1483 W76.1370). Turn Right and go SW on dirt road then SSW to reach steep gravel slope (N41.1461 W76.1385). Turn off Left ESE and up steep to the north entrance of the Library.
Turn right SSW into the interior corridor, and the Rear Wall is on the left side.
Estimating . . .
+260 vertical feet uphill over 0.85 mile distance from Parking.
. . (+80 meters uphill over 1.35 km distance).
Typical times for approach (gentler way) in the range of 15-30 minutes.
GPS latitude longitude approx (N41.1482 W76.1447).
Walk NNE through entrance gate to sewage treatment plant and onto dirt road. About 650 feet from parking the road climbs and curves around Right until going aiming South (N41.1500 W76.1426).
. . (Here bearing right SSW for 650 feet gentle, then curving to SE leads to the Paradise cliffs and the deep gravel pit, which is the shortest way to the Library on the other side of the pit).
The overall gentler way to the Library is to bear Left SSE uphill on dirt road, soon gentler SE, then curve to go E then ENE to a junction (N41.1483 W76.1370). Turn Right and go SW on dirt road then SSW to reach steep gravel slope (N41.1461 W76.1385). Turn off Left ESE and up steep to the north entrance of the Library.
Turn right SSW into the interior corridor, and the Rear Wall is on the left side.
Estimating . . .
+260 vertical feet uphill over 0.85 mile distance from Parking.
. . (+80 meters uphill over 1.35 km distance).
Typical times for approach (gentler way) in the range of 15-30 minutes.
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