Thin Pockets  5.9 PG13

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Type:  Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet Consensus:  5.9 [details] FA:  Tim McMillan or Paul Landram (?), late 1960s Submitted By:  saxfiend on Oct 14, 2007 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (16) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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Description 

If you like crimpy, hard-to-protect face climbing, this excellent moderate will fill the bill. A strategically-placed bolt makes the necessary runout a little less intimidating.

Climb the steep face using the namesake "thin pockets" to a bolt midway up; if you want to get in some protection before the bolt, move up and right to a flake then back left to the bolt. Continue up to an overhang where you can finally place some pro, then move left to a crack in the overhang and follow it to the top.

Location 

The rightmost of several nice climbs on a wide flat wall between Beginner's Route and Broken Arrow; starts just right of Ghost Dancers. Rap from fixed anchors.

Protection 

Mainly small gear (nuts and tiny cams). Ring anchors at the top.