Tea Grinder 

FA:  Type:  Trad Consensus:  5.8 [details] Length:  2 pitches, 225 feet Views: 198 page views Submitted By: Sean Dunlop on Aug 6, 2007 Add Photo  Add Comment

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BETA PHOTO: Tea Grinder - 5.8 Valley Massif

Description 

Lots of fun and varied. Tea Grinder opens with a fun but relaxed hand crack and after appx. 40-50 ft enters a short but strenuous/fun chimney protectable with .5 and .75 Camalots. Following the chimney the climb makes its way left into another handcrack and around a small bush and ends on a ledge for a gear belay. The final pitch follows the short (15-20ft) offwidth section. I found the crux in the final offwidth moves.

Location 

On the Northwest side of the formation just right of Monkey Wrench.

Protection 

Set of Nuts and .5 - #3 Camalot. Doubles were nice in the #1-3 range and the potential for #4 in the offwidth.