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Sand Puppy 

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Type: Sport, 30 feet
Consensus: 5.8 [details]
FA: Gordon Larsen
Submitted By: dnoB ekiM on May 22, 2011

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This is a short route on your left when you walk up into the corridor towards the 13's on the far left of Chuckwalla. It is short and a bit sandy. Steep start to slab middle and pod.


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4 Bolts to nice Fixe chain anchors



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By Drew Allred
Jul 30, 2011

Climbed this with my wife. pretty fun climb, but I'm not a pro. I'm a 5.10d climber on a really good day. On a mediocre day, 5.9's can even be challenging. This one was challenging for me.

There's a bulge between the first and second bolt that makes that move pretty awkward. 3rd to fourth bolt we were both having a really hard time finding a foot hold. But we finally got there after multiple attempts. This route is tilted to the right so it feels like you're always falling right.

Great location because it's back in a cavern so it stays shaded later than Chuckwalla wall proper. We were climbing this until 11 a.m. in the heat of St. George in July, and I honestly think we could have stayed out there for a few more hours with no problems.

By Aaron Shields
From: Lehi, UT
Jul 30, 2012
rating: 5.9-

Too bad this is such a short route, it's a pretty fun one. An easy start to a sandy mantle, then a couple balancy moves and an awkward reach to the final jug(s). We moved into the crack when it started warming up, and this was a fun way to spend another 30 minutes at Chuckawalla.

By Gordon Larsen
From: St. George, Utah
Mar 3, 2013

This route is called "Sand Puppy" and was initially rated 5.10-
I bolted it in hopes to establish a less difficult route for beginner climbers. It may be sandy forever.