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Routes in Tombstone
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Coffin Dodger T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b C1 |
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Epitaph, The T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b |
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Family Plot T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c C1 |
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Gift, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a C2 |
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Keswick Lads Day Out. T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b C3 |
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R.I.P. 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b A2+ R |
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Rigor Mortis T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a C2 |
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Tres Gatos T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c A0 |
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| Type: | Aid, 250 ft, 3 pitches, Grade III |
| FA: | Sam Lightner Jr. and Forest Dramis, 04/24/04 |
| Page Views: | 1,073 total · 6/month |
| Shared By: | Sam Lightner, Jr. on Apr 23, 2004 |
| Admins: | slim, Andrew Gram, Nathan Fisher, Perin Blanchard, grk10vq |
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Access Issue: RAIN, WET ROCK and RAPTOR CLOSURES: The sandstone around Moab is fragile and is very easily damaged when it is wet. Also please ask and be aware of Raptor Closures in areas such as CAT WALL and RESERVOIR WALL in Indian Creek
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WET ROCK: Holds rip off and climbs have been and will continue to be permanently damaged due to climbers not respecting this phenomenon. After a heavy storm the rock will remain wet, sometimes for several days. PLEASE DO NOT CLIMB IN MOAB during or after rain.
RAPTOR CLOSURES: Please be aware of seasonal raptor closures at the Cat wall and Reservoir wall. They occur annually from March 31st until August 31st. *Due to the federal hiring freeze in agencies such as the BLM of Monticello, no official closure for 2017 has been issued and the laws which have been put in place in previous years are not being enforced. Please, for the sake of fragile desert ecology, DO NOT CLIMB at stated walls. These raptors return to the same nesting sites every year to raise their nestlings.
RAPTOR CLOSURES: Please be aware of seasonal raptor closures at the Cat wall and Reservoir wall. They occur annually from March 31st until August 31st. *Due to the federal hiring freeze in agencies such as the BLM of Monticello, no official closure for 2017 has been issued and the laws which have been put in place in previous years are not being enforced. Please, for the sake of fragile desert ecology, DO NOT CLIMB at stated walls. These raptors return to the same nesting sites every year to raise their nestlings.
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Forest Dramis and I established a new route on the SE Face of the Tombstone. The route is overnhanging much of the way, requires a lot of different aid techiniques, and has a 1 minute approach. Why it had not been done before baffles me, but it hadn't. We put in double half inch bolt rappels, free hanging, to get off the thing, Its definitely the beast way down as it is a fun 180 foot free hanging rappel where your rope is very unlikely to get stuck. The route is called R.I.P.... probably 5.10b A2+P1 (5.10b, 80 ft.)starts on the left side of the huge flake at the base of the middle of the S.E Face... right above the parking lot. Climb over a small roof then up and offwidth corner with a couple of bolts for gear. Good ledge at the belayP2 (A2+, 90 ft.) strait up the thin crack for 40 plus feet. Mostly LA's and blades at the start with the odd thin angle. Then friends of all sizes, your own dowels or removeable bolts, and a few bolts. Ends at another small ledge.P3 (A2+ 90 ft.)traverses on 4 bolts to the right to a knifeblade crack. There are a few fixed pieces. Over a roof, into a corner, then scramble to the summit. Gotto use a lot of different stuff here, including a rotten hook move (reachy spot). Use a big hook. Need lots of slings to lower rope drag. Belay on the summit.This climb was on some of the softest rock we have climbed on in the desert. We drilled a few holes for bolts to catch us if a whole line of thin pins pulled. Unfortuneately the holes collapsed! This left them as dowel holes. Half inch removeable bolts might work in them, but other wise, you need to carry a few 3/8 inch by 2 inch machine bolts to hand place in the holes. Don't pull out! The route could be A2, or it could be A4. Hard to tell until you fall on one of those pieces!
Sam
Sam
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