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Tea Grinder 

5.8

   

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Type: Trad
Consensus: 5.8 [details]
Length: 2 pitches, 225 feet
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Submitted By: Sean Dunlop on Aug 6, 2007


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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.