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Mutation 

5.9

   

FA: Briant and Vicki Smoot
Type: Sport
Consensus: 5.9 [details]
Length: 1 pitch, 60 feet
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Submitted By: Andrew Gram on Apr 4, 2004


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Description 

This route climbs a dirty looking face just right of a steep chossy gully. Climb easily up to the high first bolt, and then up through a few more bolts to two rap bolts. Better than it looks, and a bit harder if you avoid the side of the gully on the left.

Do not toprope directly through the rap hangers! Set up a TR through your own biners.


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5 quickdraws



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By Nathan Fisher
Apr 7, 2004
rating: 5.9

I believe this needs 6 quickdraws. Including the 2 for the anchors

By Lee Gitlin
Jul 1, 2004
rating: 5.9

Bring your best smearing mojo, because a jug haul this is not. My climbing partners and I debated whether the arete was "on." In any case, it makes for a bomber clipping hold on the second bolt. Also, the Parley's area can seem like an EZ-Bake oven in the summer, so climb early to avoid getting scorched, and bring twice as much water as you think you need.

By Nathan Fisher
Jul 2, 2004
rating: 5.9

Ok. I was wrong. I climbed this again, and whereas 4 bolts are on the route, and the 2 hangers for the anchor--makes 6 draws, bring 1 extra for the last bolt on Motley Cruise, since it is reachable and prudent to clip this last bolt. So to make a long story short, bring 7 draws.

By Nathan Fisher
Jul 2, 2004
rating: 5.9

Gear Alert

One last comment for now: Bolts 1,2, & 3 are spinners.

By Spinalflow
From: Salt Lake City , Utah
Sep 15, 2007
rating: 5.9

I would mumble this is more like a 5.9+ if you don't use the arete.
With the use of the arete I would say 5.8