The Flamboyant Arrow 5.9
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| Type: | Trad, 1 pitch, 140 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.9 [details] |
| FA: | Vernon Steifel & Bob Passerini, 12 / 2003 |
| New Route: | Yes |
| Submitted By: | Vernon Stiefel on Dec 14, 2003 |
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Mike near the end of the offwidth section at the b...
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Description Begin just right of "Little Big Horn" in a sandy wash at the base of the crag. Bouldery moves gain a left facing dihedral with an offwidth crescent shaped crack on the right. Awkward moves (5.9) lead to a small roof with a solid thin horn above the roof. Pull the roof (5.9) and continue in the left slanting finger / hand crack surrounded by vibrant orange rock. The crack becomes low angle near the top and ends on a ledge. Veer right for 15' to a larger ledge then back left to the rappel anchors. A little dirty down low but another great warmup.
Protection A variety of cams from 0.5" to 5" and stoppers protect this relatively lengthy crack / face climb. The route ends on a ledge just right of the "Little Big Horn" rappel anchors. Two rope rappel to the ground.
Mike pulling the small roof that leads to the nice...
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By M.Morley
Administrator
From: Sacramento, CA
Mar 24, 2004
| Good route! 1.5 stars. The bottom is a little loose, but will clean up nicely after a few more ascents. This is approx. 150' long. |
By Todd Gordon
Jan 3, 2005
| There's already a route called Flaming Arrow on Rockwork Rock...but oh well... |
By Locker
From: Westminster, CO
Jan 4, 2005
| Out of curiousity, Todd mentions that there is already a route named Flaming Arrow. Who did the FA and what are the ethics involved in having a second go at an already existing name for a route? Also, Todd, how about some more info on the first Flaming Arrow?................(I know.......look it up in a guide. I'll be over to check your extensive collection...) |
By Todd Gordon
Jan 5, 2005
| To whom it may concern...I did not make this post about the Flamming Arrow... someone posted under my name...(Sounds like what they do one my website!)....I don't kow anything about 2 climbs with this same name....(And my route names are usually much more "colorful".) |
By Vernon Stiefel
Jan 8, 2005
| I didn't realize that "The Flaming Arrow" was an existing route on The Rockwork Rocks formation near Barker Dam when I used the same name for a FA at Indian Country last year. Randy, please change the name to "The Flamboyant Arrow" for your next guidebook edition. Mike, please do the same on the website.
I am hopeful that the local J-Tree climbing community will overlook my egregious error and that Judge Locker will no longer have to spend precious seconds pondering the ethics of using a name for a FA that has already been used for a different route in the same climbing area.
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By Randy
Jan 8, 2005
| There is no problem with having mor than one route with the same name. I think there are several examples of this already having occured at Josh. One example is "Oh God!" which is either a 10c on Indian Head or a 5.2 in the Pope's Hat area. [And there is "Oh God, Its My Boss" as well...]
Personally, lets have more routes with exact same name. It makes things more interesting. |
By Locker
From: Westminster, CO
Jan 8, 2005
| Vern.......The verdict is in and Judge Locker says it is AOK! |
By Murf
May 30, 2005
rating: 5.9
| Initial moves are pretty dirty, and there are a few other sections of crummy rock. Good over, but not the best the cliff has to offer. |
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