Windwalker  5.9 PG13

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Type:  Trad, 2 pitches, 300 feet Consensus:  5.9 [details] FA:  John Tainio, Peter White Submitted By:  TomCaldwell on Jan 17, 2010 You & This Route  |  Other Opinions (2) Your todo list: Your stars: Your rating: -none- [change] Your ticklist: [add new tick]

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2013 Closures MORE INFO >>> Big Lost Cove Cliffs are closed to climbing due to the local falcon population This information is a public crowdsourcing effort between the Access Fund, and Mountain Project. You should confirm closures, restrictions, and/or related dates. Keeping climbing areas open and conserving the climbing environment

Description 

P1 Start at the same ledge as Rat's Ass. Move left at start into a short right facing corner. Move left onto the face(5.9 crux) as soon as possible and follow the white streak. Stay in the sustained white streak face until the base of the corner crack (5.8+). Belay from large eyebrows or continue higher to a poor belay stance to prevent a simul-climb or trad anchor on the last pitch.

P2 Follow the corner crack to it's end, then traverse hard right to gain rap anchors near the Gemini Tree (5.5). This last pitch is a rope stretcher that either has to be broken up with a trad anchor or simul climbed to reach the anchor.

Location 

20' left of Second Coming, starts on the same belay ledge as Rat's Ass.

Protection 

TCU's to 2 Camalot. Doubles of 1 and 2 camalot or blue tricam are mandatory.

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Jp working through the steep slab.	Jp in the steep and sustained 5.8 section.	Jon Jones in the business. Photo: brayackmedia.com