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The Adjective Rock Climbing

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Routes in The Adjective

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	Atrocious S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Black S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Ferocious S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Furious S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Hairy S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Hard S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Idiotic S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Lecherous S 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Pink Bicycle S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Purulent S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Shaved S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Stinger S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Vexatious S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Vicarious S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Vomit S 5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c

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Access Issue: Petrographs: Look, but don't touch. Details

There are several petrographs on rock faces at The Adjective. None of the artifacts are directly impacted by the climbing routes but the Forest Service archaeologist asks that we climbers be wise and respect our Native American heritage. Look, but don't touch. (Likely Fremont-culture era, so ca. 1000 years old or older.)

Description

Steep, shaded, limestone wall with a variety of bolted routes. The wall faces east and is shaded by numerous trees along the base.

A good crag for hot summer afternoons and evenings, the routes lie along two or three hundred yards of the east face of a limestone fin that reaches down to the streambed.

Getting There

Proceed up the canyon to the first stream crossing (a small wooden bridge). Instead of crossing the bridge stay right along the edge of the stream bed. Continue past the gully on the right (approx. 100 feet from the crossing) and along the base of the wall at the right (south) of the stream bed . When the wall turns a corner and heads south you are at the north side of The Adjective.

Route List

The routes following are listed from left-to-right (i.e, from uphill to downhill).

Top-most wall:
1. Hairy 5.9
2. Shaved 5.10c
3. Black 5.11d
4. Hard 5.10a
5. Twisted Tit 5.12b

Wall with triple-ledge system at base, bordered by a 15-foot evergreen on each side:
6. Mellifluous 5.12c
7. Punitive 5.12a
8. Lecherous 5.11b
9. Purulent 5.11a

Wall with double-ledge system, bordered by a 50-foot evergreen on each side:
10. project
11. Blackwater Porter 5.11b
12. 5.12a

Wall(s) closest to the stream bed:
13. Furious 5.11c
14. Vomit 5.10d
15. Idiotic 5.11d (one bolt variation from Vomit to Ferocious)
16. Ferocious 5.12b
17. Stinger 5.12c
18. Vexatious 5.12b
19. Vicarious 5.11b
20. Pink Bicycle 5.12a
21. Atrocious 5.11c

15 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at The Adjective

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 27 ● Hard Sport
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 28 ● Shaved Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 7 ● Purulent Sport
5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 26 ● Vomit Sport
5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a 7 ● Lecherous Sport
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 5 ● Atrocious Sport
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a 12 ● Vicarious Sport
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 8 ● Idiotic Sport
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 15 ● Black Sport
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 7 ● Furious Sport
5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b 36 ● Ferocious Sport
5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b 7 ● Stinger Sport