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Below the New Wave

New Hampshire > Rumney

Description

Below New Wave is, as the name suggests, below the main New Wave wall. This is the short, generally steep section you come to when the trail splits left for Orange Crush and right for New Wave. It has a nice mix of routes for everyone from blocky 5.6 to steep 5.11s. The most classic being Debbie Does CPR 5.11a marked by its orange rock and 90 degree roof.

Update your guidebooks, Son of Sammy 5.8+ is bolted and open to the general quickdraw-toting public and is a really fun route.

Getting There

Follow same approach trail for Orange Crush and The New Wave. It is the first wall you come to before heading left to Orange Crush and right to The New Wave. The steep overhang on the left end is Bullwinkle's Crater (5.11b).

Routes from Left to Right

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nicole on the top of Bullwinkle goes ballistic<br>
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Hanging out waiting for Couch Potato to open up - Kasia Weglarz
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A pretty simple map of Lower New Wave but it will get you by...
[Hide Photo] A pretty simple map of Lower New Wave but it will get you by...

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Benjiman
Santa Barbara, CA
[Hide Comment] Both "Couch Potato" and "Son of Sammy" nicely over hung for the moderate grade. Aug 22, 2007
Matt G
Boulder, CO
[Hide Comment] Wear a helmet at this crag! It's very easy to knock rocks off of the ground at New Wave and onto Below New Wave. Oct 24, 2011
[Hide Comment] Beehive near sixth sense. I didn't see it but a fellow climber reported it as I was going up
Couch Potato. Aug 7, 2016