PRINT: Rock Climb His Feet Smell, Big Cottonwood Canyon

His Feet Smell

5.10, Trad, 40 ft (12 m),

Avg: 1.7 from 24 votes
FA: Riccardo Olliveri, Paul Overall 1993
Utah > Wasatch Range > Central Wasatch > Big Cottonwood… > Beachball Crag

Description

His Feet Smell climbs the face 20 feet right of the gully. It climbs the cracked face to the roof and pops it right at the center. It has a reachy crux, and is worth stopping at Beachball to climb.

Protection

His Feet Smell has a 2-bolt anchor. Small to medium gear protects it, and maybe a cam just over the roof.

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Adam and the floating helmet.

Contemplating the crux.

Pulling the crux

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Nathan Fisher
St George

5.10c

Supposedly the anchors are gone, however an easy trad anchor can be had. Aug 18, 2004

Nathan Fisher
St George

5.10c

Cams and the odd nut will protect the lower face. At the roof, there is a pin on the right side and it can be backed up with a yellow Metolius. Over the roof, at the first large crack, the rock didn't seem all that good, and it was really wide, so I ran it out to just below the top, where I placed my other yellow Metolius. Aug 6, 2006

Tyler King
Salt Lake, UT

5.10b

Cool roof. If you go left it is much easier. Like 10-. Going straight up like shown in the Ruckman guide is 10b/c. The holds are thin and far apart, especially to pull a roof with. Sep 15, 2008

Rachelle J. Ross

Def a fun climb, thin rock requires thoughtful placement of hands and feet and a few nice high steps. Used webbing up top around a large rock and a cam on the face of the roof to keep the top rope from slamming you hard to the right should you fall. Cool crag and super cool in the heat. Jul 22, 2009

chrisIerickson Erickson
Salt Lake, UT

There are no anchors on this route that I could find, unless I was on the wrong route. I saw a hole where a bolt used to be though... Oct 2, 2011

Gregory Cooper
Phoenix, AZ

Chains are back. Fairly easy climbing. I took a single rack up with me and skipped the nuts. Mostly small cams. I didn't touch anything larger than a #2. There's two ways that you can do the crux my experience. It'll be pretty easy if your tall. It almost seems like easy 10 instead of 10c. If you stay to the right you can find a good crimp for your right hand on the west face. grab that and and get a good high foot and reach up. Smear your foot and mantle up. For the center you can grab the crimp with your right hand and get a good right foot and then twist into the wall and grab the ledge with your left hand, then smear and mantle up. There is one last piece of small protection that you can place before you get to the chains.

If you're on the shorter side you may have to jump the ledge or find some other intermediate moves. Overall this climb is basically a one move wonder. Jul 15, 2020