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Watergate Rock Rock Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Routes in Watergate Rock

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	Dirty Tricks T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Fifteen Minute Gap T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	H.R. Hardman T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	I Am Not A Crook T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Malicious Deception T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Midday Lightning S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Nick of Time S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Pardon Me T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Political Asylum T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	T-N-T S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	T. Gordon Liddy T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Tricky Dick S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Unsightly Blemishes T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	White Collar Crime T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	White House Plumbers TR 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c

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Elevation:	4,400 ft
GPS:	34.0115, -116.14631 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	C Miller on Nov 6, 2003
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Description

Sitting all alone on the desert floor, across from the Cerro Torre Tower and the Comic Strip, is this smallish dome with a large number of routes from 5.6 to 5.11+ on it's slabby northeast face.

Many of the routes here are slabby in nature and in the 5.6 to 5.9 range; a few harder offerings are here as well for those so inclined.

Getting There

Approach as for the main Comic Book formation but veer off right following a faint path to the obvious formation. To reach the slab routes high on the northeast face walk past the route T-N-T, duck under the giant boulder it's located on (