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Reach the Beach 

5.8

   

FA: Kevin Griffith
Type: Trad
Consensus: 5.8 [details]
Length: 1 pitch, 60 feet
Views: 207 page views

Submitted By: Nathan Fisher on Jun 20, 2003


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Good clean fun! Nice easy route at the Beachball.


Description 

Reach the Beach climbs the rightward trending horizontal cracks climbing the wall avoiding the roof by going to the right of it. It is 30 feet or so to the right of the gully.


Protection 

Reach the Beach has no fixed anchors, so bring gear.



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Bruno thought it was a good route, his first at this level. Though short, great area when the light is turning to night... Heh heh<br />

Bruno thought it was a good route, his first at th...

Working the nut.

Working the nut.

Melissa traversing with ease.

Melissa traversing with ease.


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By triznuty
From: Murray, UT
Sep 25, 2005
rating: 5.8-

Pretty easy .8, but fun...

By Nathan Fisher
Administrator
Aug 6, 2006

Gear for the lead would consist of predominately cams as the cracks are horizontal. However, the mandatory nut rule was easily satisfied at two locations.

By Tony Bubb
From: Boulder, CO
Aug 13, 2006

Possibly named after the 1983 platinum by The Fixx. Is there another reference to which both titles might refer?