Supernova  5.11b

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Type:  Sport, 1 pitch, 115 feet Consensus:  5.11b [details] FA:  Terri Condon, Steve Elia, Tony Sartin (Feb.14, 2011) New Route:  Yes Submitted By:  terri condon on Feb 28, 2011 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (3) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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Description 

Supernova climbs up a vertical, technical face with a crux near its fourth bolt on small crimpers. After the fifth bolt an overhang is encountered. Clip a sixth bolt above the roof, surmount it, and climb a crack up and left joining Focus for its final 2 bolts. Once you reach the main ledge, instead of clipping the anchor bolts for Focus to your left, continue straight up on big holds and very steep rock past 4 bolts to a small ledge. More technical face climbing past 3 bolts leads to a deceptive final sequence to reach the anchors.

Location 

Located in the Central Gorge at the Solarium between Focus and Black Hole. You can lower off this route with a 70m rope, or with a 60m rope you can LPL to the Focus anchor.

Protection 

15 bolts to a 2-bolt mussy hook anchor