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Crazy Tree Rock Climbing

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Routes in 4. Crazy Tree

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	Bashful TR 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Bert's Exasperation TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Crazy Tree Climb TR 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Crazy Tree Flop TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Doc TR 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Dopey TR 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Dreamy TR 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Elmo's Leap TR 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Grover's Puzzle TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Grumpy TR 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Happy Dwarf TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Kermit's Escape TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Miss Piggy's Stroll TR 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Rizzo's Big Joke TR 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
	Sleepy TR 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Sneezy TR 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Son of Crazy Tree TR 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Son of Crazy Tree Direct TR 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Sparky TR 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	TRAPPIST-1 TR 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b

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Elevation:	643 ft	196 m
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Access Issue: As of November 2021, there are new parking arrangements. Please follow this guidance. Details

The current parking area is now limited parking, subject to the following guidelines:

No parking weekdays before 4pm. (Use Saltbox Parking Area at these times).
Do not block pump station access gates at any time.
Be careful not to hit or disturb manholes or other infrastructure.

The Saltbox Parking Area is a new resource, available on weekdays and weekends. Don't bushwhack or create new trails from this area.

Torne Brook Road and the trailhead remain a no-parking area. This is to ensure access for emergency personnel.

Inconsiderate or illegal parking here could lead to permanent closure.

Description

Wide but not only 20-25 feet tall.
. . . (So the obvious strategy is to set up a static line (or two) for top-roping several lines closely spaced).

Mostly less-than-vertical face climbing with thoughtful moves.
. . . (Perhaps some other styles to the right of the "crazy" tree?)

Named for a tree with an extra trunk growing sideways out of the rock face.

Right side is adjacent to The Shelves sector of the Books Tier area).

Top-Rope: Lots of trees above the cliff might be useful as anchors for a static line. Top of cliff can be reached with easy scrambling up around its left side.

warning: The rock around this sector has not been climbed much yet, and much of the rock is still breakable and loose -- so the belayer and other people should stand far away from underneath the climber.

. . . (Lots of vegetation on this rock as of 2016. Be prepared when climbing to navigate around protruding trees and branches, and dealing with holds slippery with grass, lichen, moss, dirt).

Getting There

From the junction of Tower Wall tier trail and the Good Book access trail, go steep up NorthEast about 100 feet. At the top of the steep section, turn off Left and go NorthWest 200 ft roughly horizontal across the top of the Wichquawanck + Nechtanc. Next turn Right and go up NorthEast 50 ft perhaps with a little scrambling. A little left see the tree with an extra sideways trunk growing out out of the rock face - - > [ Photo ]

Another way is to go to the Good Book wall, then from the center of Good Book find a way downward left (west) about 150 ft to another smaller tier below.
. . (Crazy Tree is about 100 ft SouthEast below the Romance Novels crag).