Return To Forever 5.10d
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| Type: | Trad, 2 pitches, 200 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.10d [details] |
| FA: | Richard Harrison, Paul Crawford, Paul Van Betten, Sal Mamusia |
| Season: | Spring, Summer, Fall |
| Submitted By: | Matt Kuehl on Apr 24, 2012 |
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Description Return to Forever is an impressive and continuous offwidth crack that splits the wall to the left of Ixtlan. This less travelled line features no protection bolts and requires a lot more commitment, large cams, and cajones than its bolted wide crack neighbor Ixtlan. The climbing demands an array of offwidth technique as well as some creative use of occasional face holds. A truly enjoyable climb with great exposure and just a little bit of an odd ending. Pitch 1: 175' Start in the flaring hand crack above the large chockstone. Climb the long wide crack eventually pulling a roof. Build a belay 20' above the roof when the crack narrows and just before it juts left. Pitch 2: 30' Traverse right from anchor to gain the finger crack (airy). Climb this left-trending crack to an old 1/4" bolted anchor. Rap to the ground with two ropes. (Note: Several OK options exist to eliminate using the old bolts.)
Location The awesome crack to the left of Ixtalan.
Protection Single Rack to #2, double #3-6, additional #3.5-#5 optional
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By Killing In The Name Of Apr 24, 2012
| Wendell Broussard: "Those quarter inchers are suicidal, they were bad when the route was new." Fun route, I don't know if Matt saw this or not, but the Punks tried to drill under the roof and broke a bit, which STILL sticks out of a hole right by the crack. I'd reccommend trying other routes until the top anchor gets replaced (ran out of time last day in the area). One option is TRing from Mazatlan anchor til then, but if you fall you'll pendulum a bit. I think some people have rapped Miss Conception with 2 ropes but again top anchor is no bueno+mandatory traversing on crunch rock is a sure thing. |
By Matt Kuehl From: Las Vegas Apr 28, 2012
| I saw the broken drill bit below the roof, it was my high point after running out of gear on my first attempt. The second attempt proved more successful and I finished the whole thing. The anchors at the top should be replaced, but luckily some other bolted lines exist near by the bail from if you don't mind a little airy traversing. This is certainly a heads up route, with great climbing! I think a bolted anchor/rap above the obvious end of the wide crack would be a pretty ideal pitch, making the last pitch optional and avoiding the old quarter inches all together. |
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