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5.12-

   

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Type: Trad
Consensus: 5.12a [details]
Length: 1 pitch, 60 feet
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Submitted By: Joe Collins on Oct 19, 2003


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This is a hard short climb just to the left of Raja. The grade isn't on the plague, so 12a is what I'd rate it. It has two very hard cruxes getting over the roofs with pumpy climbing in-between. The first roof felt the hardest to me, though it is more straight forward climbing. If you can do pull-ups on rattly fingers, then you're in business. The second roof takes some figuring out... there are some face holds and stems which make this doable. Pumpy ring locks lead to the anchors.


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1 Green alien, 1 yellow alien, 5 #1 friends, 2-3 #1.5 friends, 1 red camalot



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By Bill Ballace
From: Wheat Ridge , CO
Nov 21, 2007
rating: 5.11+

If this is .12- then both Johnny Cat and Wild Cat are .12 because they are way harder. Of course it could just be the size of my digits.

By Alexey
From: San Jose
Nov 22, 2007

What is the size of your digits Bill?

By camhead
Jan 13, 2008

Since it is in a corner, and has some face holds around the second roof, this is one of the better climbs to really work on the difficult "baggy fingers" size; .5 camalots for normal fingered males.

By Beagle
Mar 26, 2008

A very large "slice" of the wall has fallen off of this route- it is now considerably easier for smaller fingered folk...