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Stepping into the groove halfway up the crux pitch... DescriptionA nice slab feature that holds some history. In 1967, Greg Lowe lead and bolted a climb called 'Infinite'. Although there are several other routes here, including 'Memorial Day' 12a (originally called B2 by Greg Lowe in '67), it is this original route that attracted all of the early focus and attention. Getting ThereMost park at Parking Lot Rock and head north, northeast past 'Tiny Town'. You can also get there from the 'Lost Arrow'. The ClassicsMountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for The Clamshell:
Infinite 5.11+ X Trad, 3 pitches, 300 feet
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 Greg originally rated this route 5.9+ and the line followed a deceptive path up the middle of the slab. It has been essentially erased by the 'Retrofit Route' to the right. Because of this, probably no one will repeat the original line or experience the original intent of this Greg Lowe masterpiece. Some years ago writing on a thread for SuperTopo, Jeff Lowe had the following comment about 'Infinite'. Hard Slab Climbs Nov 30, 2006 - 06:11pm PT In the sixties in SLC we had already ...[more] Browse More Classics in ID |
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