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All Locations > California > Yosemite NP > Yosemite Valley > Valley S Side > M. Sentinel Rock > Chouinard-Herbert (5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a)
There is an ASCA bolt next to this but when in Rome!
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Route overlay for Sentinel approach.
Route Overlay for Chouinard-Herbert.
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Sam F
Oct 14, 2019
“There is an ASCA bolt next to this but when in Rome!”  

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Route overlay for Sentinel approach.
There is an ASCA bolt next to this but when in Rome!
Route Overlay for Chouinard-Herbert.
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Pitch 10. This section of the route is called the "Afro-Cuban Flakes". It is hard (11c) but riddled with pitons, so we aided through it using slings as makeshift aiders. Without real aiders and the traversing nature of the pitch, we found aiding it to be a bit difficult for both leader and follower.
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following end of p12 [photo by Matt M.]
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