The 5.5 cracks above the alcove make up pitch 6.

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The 5.5 cracks above the alcove make up pitch 6.

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Pitch 2 lead of Astro Turk attempt. Turk's Head Ridge the hard way 7-28-17.

THR pitch 4 variation. Nice little well protected and heavily cob-webbed 5.6 right of Zor the Mantle. 7-28-17. Finish buy moving out right at the top.

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Tom Anderson-Brown

May 28, 2002

“The 5.5 cracks above the alcove make up pitch 6.”

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The above topo was written by Joe Block and appeared in Vertical Jones, Issue 10, July/August 2001. Posted with permission.

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Nice spot for a direct belay.

P3 The inside corner is easy on this pitch - the 5.8 crack is just to my right, and 5.6 on the far right of this wall.

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The final pitch if you use the Turks Head chimney option instead of Weissner's. Someone will need to post this thing in full winter conditions!

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P7 Magic Ed - most guys his age like to watch golf on a Sunday afternoon - Ed ain't afraid to do a little soloin'

Final pitch of Astro TurK attempt 7-28-17. I missed getting on Green Slime, then leading Question of Balance, and then finishing on Weissner Face for the Astro Turk ascent (all the hardest lead option along Turk's Head Ridge). The final pitch I choose for this attempt is the cool over-hanging off-with crack over to the right and a bit above of Green Slime route. It felt 5.8+ on the onsight ground up. My left foot slipped on the crux and I took a fun little 10 foot lead fall.

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P1 The first tower

P3 A nice casual solo

P5 Starting out on my favorite pitch, the 40 footer. Take the left crack system up to a big ledge, then an airy traverse right to the right corner

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P6 I like to do the corner left of the 5.4 crack on this pitch - seems like one 5.6 move. You can go further left and do it at like 5.2

P7 - the double cracks to the left are really fun- I'm doing the face to the right - easier variation

If you bring a rope, finish on Weissner's, if not, go North around the base of Turks Head tower, then up this chimney - easy and interesting

We're getting faster on Turk's, however, I think people are starting to catch on that we don't bring gear to practice our systems, but that we're actually just too afraid to solo it! Pictured is the .5 cam, that was placed exactly zero times today, and the goon who insisted we bring it! | Turk's Head Ridge (5.7)

Magic Ed likes the solid rock - been climbin' the Potrero limestone way too much!

Ground up onsight of a THR pitch 4 variation clocks in at 5.6 - don't use the wall over to the left. This corner is just to the right
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of Zor the Mantle variation. 7-28-17

My attempt at Astro Turk last week. Leading placing gear on pitch 2 of THR 7-28-17. After work end of the work week fun at DLSTP.

Pitch 2 lead of Astro Turk attempt. Turk's Head Ridge the hard way 7-28-17.

The 5.5 cracks above the alcove make up pitch 6.

THR pitch 4 variation. Nice little well protected and heavily cob-webbed 5.6 right of Zor the Mantle. 7-28-17. Finish buy moving out right at the top.

Stew coming up P4 of the Ridge.

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You can do this route as 5.4, or maybe easier, ALL YEAR LONG! Here is the boulderfield at the start - first tower visible top center.

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P2 The way I like to climb this pitch - very easy and cleaner than the corner, just more exposed

Taken June 7th, 2016, view of the final pitch of THR.

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