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Type:  Trad, 1 pitch, 60 feet Consensus:  5.9- [details] FA:  Dougald MacDonald, Chris Blackmon, Robin McBeth New Route:  Yes Submitted By:  Dougald MacDonald on Oct 7, 2007 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (2) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

1st half where the crux/bulge is.

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Description 

Moderate face climbing leads to a an excellent crux bulge. We cleaned some loose rock, including one large block, but there's still a bit of suspect rock in the middle; however, the crux is on excellent stone. If nothing else, the crux bulge at the top makes a great short top-rope problem from the Deuces Wild anchor and probably had been done this way before. The entire route protects fine and makes a nice change of pace for those who, for some reason, brought a rack to this crag.

Location 

Between Passing Lane and Deuces Wild. Start on Passing Lane, clip the first bolt, step right and face climb past a small overlap to the base of a second bulge with cool crux moves. Finish at the Deuces Wild anchor.

Protection 

Standard rack to #3 cam. Save a 1/2-inch to 3/4-inch cam to place in a slot at the top of the bulge, perfectly protecting the crux.