Royal Arches Alt. Start - Crack  5.7

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Type:  Trad, 1 pitch, 140 feet Consensus:  5.7 [details] FA:  Season:  All, okay in winter. Submitted By:  TacoDelRio on Jan 13, 2013 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (5) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

Looking down from somewhere up on the route. RIP P...

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Description 

If you don't care much for the 5.6 chimney first pitch of RA, go east and downhill around the corner and you'll have this pitch or two. The Supertopo guide says 140ft, so we'll go with that. I climb with a 70 and making it stretch to the Manzanita up top ain't hard. There is a small Oak tree 3/4 of the way up covered in slings that can serve as a TR anchor for doing laps or whatnot.

Location 

This route is located between Arete Butler and a 5.5 chimney far out right.

Protection 

Gear to 2" or so. Some good offset nut slots on this one.