Sea Urchin  5.9+ R

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Type:  Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet Consensus:  5.10a/b [details] FA:  Mike Cichon New Route:  Yes Season:  all year Submitted By:  mike c on Apr 4, 2009 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (5) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

Sea urchin, Vulgarian style!

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Description 

This was first led ground up aid/free. There are a few tricky moves in the beginning, middle, and end. There is no bolt anchor at the top, but a gear anchor can be constructed. It is a natural, thin-crack system with some tricky protection.

Location 

The route lies directly between the two sport routes on the far left side of the quarry. It follows an arching, thin finger/layback crack to a low-angle seam, reaching a ledge to a short dirty corner. It is a fun and exciting trad route, easy but a little scary (I wore my helmet).

Protection 

The gear is there, just a little tricky and on the small side. A little runout in the middle. If you get scared don't worry; you can clip the bolts two feet to the left on Pinkerton (3 if you like). Walk off or rap one of the anchors on the sport routes.

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Kent at the mental crux.

Wayne Crill at the crux of Sea Urchin where he was...