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The Whale Rock Climbing

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Routes in The Whale

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	Big Flipper S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Blow Hole S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Humpback S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Moby's Revenge S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Whale Tail S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a

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Elevation:	3,912 ft	1,192 m
GPS:	34.56055, -117.12563 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	Trevor Clack on May 3, 2020
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Description

Dark patina'd wall with fantastic quality climbs once you get past the awkward starts. In fact if I could veto the name, I'd call it the "awkward start" wall

Difficulty increases as you head to the right (5.8 --> 5.11a)

Getting There

A large trail divides middle earth from land of the lost, land of the lost being south of middle earth. Heading Northwest on this trail takes you past Camel Toe and on the parth toward the leaning tower. While on this main trail, pass the cameltoe formation on your left, then keep your eye out for a south running trail. Take it. Eventually this trail forks, keeping left will bring you into the Camel Toe area, keeping right/straight leads you uphill toward the whale formation which isn't too hard to spot. It's a tall smooth looking, patina'd wall, well named.