The Inseminator  5.12c

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Type:  Sport, 1 pitch, 85 feet Consensus:  5.12b/c [details] FA:  Will Wallace, Jesse Mattner, Todd Anderson, Mark Felty New Route:  Yes Submitted By:  Bill Ballace on Feb 3, 2006 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (3) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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Private Property issues MORE INFO >>> The West Bank / Wild West / Secret Crag has been problematic for years due to access concerns. There have been negative encounters with gun-toting landowners who have alleged that the entire mountain is on private property. Typical approaches involve brief crossing of railroad property which appears to be prohibited. Exact demarcation of property boundaries are not always clear. When in doubt, be discrete or polite. Do not park your vehicle near the railroad tracks near Plainview. It is a well-known irritant to Plainview residents. This information is a public crowdsourcing effort between the Access Fund, and Mountain Project. You should confirm closures, restrictions, and/or related dates. Keeping climbing areas open and conserving the climbing environment

Description 

The Inseminator is about 250 feet from the start of the cliff band, and about 100 feet up from the break in the cliff. To the right of a large pine tree, the climb starts from a flat area, uncharacteristic of Ridge One.

The first bolt can be reached from the ground and may be worth clipping because some of the climbs in cut edges are thin. Pull past these edges to a right-leaning crack system, and then crank left over a small but fun roof (10b/c). A few more feet of slab yields the first set of anchors. Clipping the first set of anchors and lowering makes for a good moderate 10 to warm up on.

If you feel warmed up when you get to the first anchors, you might want to continue.

From here, it trends up and right. Moving from a nasty sloper to small edges with bad feet, climb through three more clips and it is over (12c). From the chains, lower into the big pine tree at the start.

Protection 

15 bolts to bolted anchors, bring a 60m rope.