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Purple Shark
5.12a,
Sport,
Avg: 3.5 from 122
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FA: Andy Marquardt
Arizona
> Northern Arizona
> Flagstaff Area
> Pit (aka Le Pet…
> (F) Swiss Tower
Description
One of Flagstaff's finest for the grade.
Purple Shark starts out with a steep section riddled with pockets. Some technical arête climbing leads to the crux boulder problem over the roof, and onto the upper headwall.
Location
This route starts on the arete and goes left. It had purple bolt hangers as of Fall 2005.
[Hide Comment] A little bit of history. This route was bolted ground up drilling on stance and hooks except for the last bolt. After taking some whips trying to drill the last bolt, Drew finally succumbed to rap bolting the last bolt. The last hanger was painted purple with yellow teeth around the carabiner hole to resemble a sharks mouth.
Oct 3, 2012
Phx/Flg AZ