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All Locations > Arizona > Central Arizona > Isolation Canyon > Main Wall - North

Shadow Play

5.6 YDS 4c French 14 Ewbanks V UIAA 12 ZA S 4b British


 Avg: 2.5 from 33 votes

Routes in Main Wall - North

Allez Lou T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
Bear Claw T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
Delayed Gratification T,S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
Dirty Sanchez T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
Frogger T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
Green Lantern S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
Green Weenie T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
Impaired Rendition T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
Intermission S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
La Nariz S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
Life By The Drop S 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
Mangina S 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
Midori Corner T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
Red Zinger S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
Remission T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
Shadow Fax T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
Shadow Play T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
Spinous Process S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
Strong Arm T 5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a
Submission S 5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a
Transmission T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII+ 22 E3 5c
Waterfall, The T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
White Punks On Skateboards T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
White Punks on Dope T,S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
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Type: Trad, 200 ft, 2 pitches
FA: Jeremy Smith
Page Views: 2,794 total · 18/month
Shared By: manuel rangel on May 21, 2006
Admins: Luke Bertelsen, JJ Schlick, Greg Opland

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Description

Excellent corner, crack is very clean and takes all the pro you throw in it. Face holds make this easier than it looks. Look for a belay ledge at the 2nd roof on the left.

Location

Large corner formed by Rainbow Buttress/Wall and North Walls. Look for a black and brown corner; in the shade year round.

Protection

fingers to wide as you want.

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Shadow Play is the crack system in the dihedral behind me.<br> <br> Photo: Nick Withem
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Linda White
maricopa, AZ
  5.6 PG13
Linda White   maricopa, AZ
  5.6 PG13
I love this climb!!!! It's a great one to teach trad skills!!!
2nd pitch is short. Can anchor on top with tree or use anchor from Green Lantern. Apr 28, 2008
Dan Anderson
Phoenix, Arizona
Dan Anderson   Phoenix, Arizona
This was a fun first Trad lead. Plenty of comfy stances to park and sort through gear. At start of second pitch, stay left of the slightly overhung 5.9 slot on Shadow Fax. That was a bit spicier than expected but still fun. Oct 17, 2011
Nick Schlichtman
Golden, CO
 
Nick Schlichtman   Golden, CO
 
Did this for my first trad lead as well. Linked as one long pitch. Great stances to place gear and placing gear was very straight forward and obvious. Thought there was one section that may be considered run out if you dont have any larger cams (think I placed a #4 and was glad I had it). Very fun and easy climb. Apr 23, 2012
Sam Joe Carl
Phoenix, AZ
 
Sam Joe Carl   Phoenix, AZ
 
Good route, I don't think it sees a lot of traffic. It could be easily done in one pitch with a 70m rope. Bring a #4 if you aren't comfortable running it out about 30 feet. The second pitch consists of about 25-30 feet of climbing and then another 20 feet of low angle scrambling. I put in two pieces on the second pitch. Rappel off the anchors for Green Lantern Mar 27, 2017

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