Reefer Madness 5.8
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| Type: | Trad, 1 pitch |
| Consensus: | 5.8- [details] |
| FA: | unknown |
| Submitted By: | Joe Keyser on Jan 1, 2001 |
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Darin Lang leading Refer Madness - just to the rig...
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Description Turkey Perch has a lot of nice one pitch climbs that can be either led, or TR'd. One example is Reefer Madness, a nice crack going up the middle, right behind a tree. I guess you could TR this, and the ones right next to it, but the climbs on the right or left of the wall are better for that. This one takes a nice crack that curves left at the top, and climbs a slab up to the overhang/block. Traverse around to an easy scramble to a tree anchor at the top.
Protection Rack up to #4 Camalot.
Chris on the start of Reefer Madness.
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The route.
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Luke toproping on self-belay.
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Luke toproping on self-belay. Ragger Bagger is the...
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Me nearing the crux.
Photo Mark Kummet
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Tristan, age 14, leading Reefer Madness.
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Tristan on Reefer Madness.
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Tristan leading Reefer Madness.
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Jamming the crack.
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Reefer Madness.
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Starting the crux.
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| Comments on Reefer Madness |
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By Chris Fisher
Aug 13, 2001
| I thought this climb was at least a two star. A great finish to this climb instead of the easy scramble is to climb directly through the overhand into the horizontal cracks above known as The Mark of Zorro (5.9). |
By William Prehm
Sep 7, 2001
| This is one of my favorite climbs on the perch. The double parallel crack at the start is excellent and I love the way the crack moves to the left and peters out towards the top which forces you to do some face/slab moves to the crack under the roof. I recommend saving a few small cams for the end of the crack. (Blue or Green Alien) |
By Darrin Stein
From: Milwaukee, WI
Dec 5, 2001
| A great climb. Comfortable all the...way....uh...OH!!! there goes the crack. Nice friction climbing at the end and an exposed little step left. |
By Joe Keyser
From: Scottsdale, AZ
Apr 4, 2002
| Yah, not sure why I gave it only one star? This was one of the first routes I put up on the site... But, all things considered, I'd agree that it is at least a 2 star line, if not for just the name alone..;_ Great jamming, fun move at the end... However, there is no shortage of good lines in this area! |
By Jerry Cagle
From: Tucson, AZ
Jul 4, 2006
rating: 5.8
| This route is VERY GOOD... I don't understand the low quality rating. |
By Andrew
From: Lakewood
Apr 2, 2007
| Yes, this climb was indeed some VERY nice climbing. Crux was the transition onto the face up top. |
By Charles Danforth
From: L'ville, CO
Apr 23, 2007
| Agreed, excellent line. The upper half is really fun (even the slab-moves). 3 stars from me. |
By Rich F.
From: Colorado Springs, CO
Sep 18, 2010
rating: 5.8
| I loved this climb. The wider crack near the bottom was the technical crux for me, but I loved the top where the crack curved left. I ended up doing the left curve essentially as a layback, then had to follow with an exposed slab step to top out when the crack disappeared. Good stuff! |
By doligo
Sep 29, 2011
rating: 5.8
| Left #4 back in the car - found it wasn't needed on this climb. |
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