Reckless Abandon  5.12b

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Type:  Sport, 1 pitch, 70 feet Consensus:  5.12a/b [details] FA:  Porter Jarrard Submitted By:  chad umbel on May 26, 2007 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (27) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

Mike a the rest before the crux

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Description 

A fine route on the best sandstone at the lake. Awesome positioning over the water on perfect white sandstone that climbs like yosemite granite. Walk past all of the routes in the impressive coloseum and end up on a terrace that takes you to the start of the route. There are three routes here. Reckless is the furthest left of the three.

Climb up onto a ledge and try not to blow the first move or you'll end up in the drink. Clip a bolt and do a big move up to nice horizontals. Surf up and right to a nice leg bar and make moves straight up and eventually heading left.

The crux is at the 4th bolt and can be done a few different ways. After this cruise up nice terrain that varies from steep jugs and even some fngerlocks. Finish up in a nice left facing corner to a pair of cold shuts. Be careful while cleaning any of these three routes. There is a boulder that lies directly behind them and it can ruin your day if you get a bunk lower out.

Location 

This climb is the farthest climb to climber left from the ladders at "high tide" (when the lake is full)(April-September).

Protection 

Quickdraws

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Kevin Umbel firing the first crux moves.	Michael Martin airing out a bit before firing the ...	Pulling the first Crux
First crux move.	Pulling on the nice horizontals before the "bulge"