Pudgy Gumbies 

FA:  Merrill Bitter, John Higgens, 1983 Type:  Trad Consensus:  5.11d [details] Length:  1 pitch, 95 feet Season:  climb faces north Views: 275 page views Submitted By: bheller on Aug 31, 2007 Add Photo  Add Comment

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Description 

This is a great natural climb that links up a series of left-leaning cracks. The climb is a little dirty, but just needs more traffic. It is fully worthy of your time.

This route is nearly impossible to clean while lowering/rappelling so you must have a second clean it on toprope.

Protection 

• Micro nuts

• Small nuts

• Purple TCU

• Doubles from blue TCU until red #1 Camalot.

• Many runners/draws

• 60 meter rope gets you up and down.

Location 

Approach by climbing Endless Torment, and then execute some 3rd class dirt scrambling up ramps to the right, and then back left for about 100 vertical feet.

Alternatively you can climb the first couple of pitches up to the nice ledge below the final Pentapitch headwall slab and scramble down and to the east and around some corners (4th class).

There is a nice tree to anchor into for the belay, and you know you are there when you see the left-leaning thin cracks and a pin about 25 feet up.

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Klophaus cruxing on Pudgy Gumbies. The perspective...