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5.12b YDS 7b French 26 Ewbanks VIII+ UIAA 26 ZA E5 6b British
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Routes in Skull Cave
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[Redacted] S 5.13c/d 8b 31 X 31 E8 7a |
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Bone Machine S 5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c |
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Chokeslam S 5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a |
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Cracked Open Sky S 5.13d 8b 31 X 32 E8 7a |
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Cupcake S 5.14b 8c 33 X+ 33 E9 7b |
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Daydream Nation S 5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c |
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Diarrhea Mouth S 5.14d 9a 35 XI 36 E10 7c |
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Diddybop S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c |
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Dont' Trust Whitey S 5.13d 8b 31 X 32 E8 7a |
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Forgotten Years S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a |
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Kinder Cakes S 5.15a 9a+ 36 XI+ 37 E11 7c |
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Moroni Blows S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b |
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Pile Driver S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c |
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Pygmy Mastodon Boner S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b |
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Rave S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b |
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Skeletor S 5.13c 8a+ 30 X- 31 E7 7a |
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| Type: | Sport |
| FA: | Eric Candee |
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| Shared By: | Orphaned User on Nov 12, 2001 |
| Admins: | Alvaro Arnal, Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC |
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Description
This is the rightmost route in the Skull Cave and one of the single worst pitches in North America. If you think I"m exaggerating then go have a crack at it . . . .
Climb past the grey cold-shuts through the hollow, overlapping flake/blocks into a corner below a capping roof. Turn the roof then lower off the last bolt -- or downjump -- or something.
Before climbers re-named it, the Skull Cave used to be named Old Maid's Kitchen, which is what the town locals still call it. Apparently an Old Maid of sorts used it as a kitchen to cook for some menfolk. Not much else is known.
If you think of the cave as Old Maid's Kitchen and choose not to climb here, you'll probably have a blast. If, however, you insist on seeing it as the "Skull Cave," then prepare to lock horns with a seeping, subpar climbing venue replete with sharp, barnacle-lipped pockets, oozing clumps of toxic moss and huecos filled with venomous spiders and various bits of nameless filth.
Just think of the Old Maid soloing this route in her cookin' shoes as you fumble desperately for a dirt-covered sloper at the lip of the cave and success will be yours!
Climb past the grey cold-shuts through the hollow, overlapping flake/blocks into a corner below a capping roof. Turn the roof then lower off the last bolt -- or downjump -- or something.
Before climbers re-named it, the Skull Cave used to be named Old Maid's Kitchen, which is what the town locals still call it. Apparently an Old Maid of sorts used it as a kitchen to cook for some menfolk. Not much else is known.
If you think of the cave as Old Maid's Kitchen and choose not to climb here, you'll probably have a blast. If, however, you insist on seeing it as the "Skull Cave," then prepare to lock horns with a seeping, subpar climbing venue replete with sharp, barnacle-lipped pockets, oozing clumps of toxic moss and huecos filled with venomous spiders and various bits of nameless filth.
Just think of the Old Maid soloing this route in her cookin' shoes as you fumble desperately for a dirt-covered sloper at the lip of the cave and success will be yours!
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