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Mañana

5.10b/c, Sport, 365 ft (111 m), 2 pitches, Grade II,  Avg: 3.2 from 56 votes
FA: Gary Anderson, Brian Spiewak and Chris Hubbard
California > San Diego County > S San Diego County > El Cajon Mountain > Wedge > Left Wall
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Description

Great route, rivals long face climbing found in the Vegas canyons. Steep, technical, well protected, great climb in the 5.10 range. The pitches are long and sustained at the 5.9-5.10 range.

Location

Shares the start of Leonids, but goes up slightly left.

Protection

Bolted

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Looking down from the end of P2. Climbers on camera's left are on Leonids P1.
[Hide Photo] Looking down from the end of P2. Climbers on camera's left are on Leonids P1.
Myself finishing up P1 and Blake standing at belay station. Photo taken by Evan Geller.
[Hide Photo] Myself finishing up P1 and Blake standing at belay station. Photo taken by Evan Geller.
Sergio ready to rappel off Manana.
[Hide Photo] Sergio ready to rappel off Manana.

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Brian Overley
San Juan Capistrano, CA
[Hide Comment] Route has been chopped.
After 5 or 6 bolts, there is an intermediate rap anchor that still exists, but after that all hangers have been removed and their bolts hammered flat.
1/31/2010 Feb 1, 2010
Nathan Scherneck
Portland, OR
[Hide Comment] Why was it chopped? Can it be naturally protected? Aug 16, 2010
Chris G.
Lakewood
 
[Hide Comment] Does anyone know If this route is still chopped? Feb 25, 2012
TJ Esposito
San Diego, CA
 
[Hide Comment] No it's been rebolted. Fun route, second pitch is more fun than the first IMO. Feb 27, 2012
Cameron Townsend
San Diego
[Hide Comment] Is this the route that starts at Leonids, but at the fork (3 bolts up) you head left-ish (12 o'clock) instead of continuing right up Leonids? Apr 10, 2013
Ben May
San Diego, CA
 
[Hide Comment] This one is called MaÒana in the ACSD pocket guide. Is that a mistake? Feb 9, 2014
Josh Higgins
San Diego, CA
[Hide Comment] Ben, the route is named Manana, but with the formatting that's supposed to go over the n I think the publisher blew it and it wasn't caught in editing.... The ACSD guide's name for the route is a typo. Nov 19, 2014
nathan winicki
  5.10b
[Hide Comment] The bolt line continues past the second pitch, does anyone know what the upper pitches go at? Jul 13, 2018
Cesar Cardenas
San Diego, CA
 
[Hide Comment] Does the second pitch lead into one of the anchors of Leonids and then continue past it? It seemed wrong to merge back over to the right but I couldn't think of another way to go. Dec 27, 2018
Bryce U
Boise, ID
  5.10b/c
[Hide Comment] Great climb that makes you really pay attention in some sections. 14 bolts for each pitch, a few alpines are helpful especially at the end of P2. My partner started up Leonids for 3 bolts then traversed left to the bolt line for Mañana. I would just assume climb the flake to a ~20ft first bolt to skip the three Leonids bolts.
Technical in sections, especially at 5.10. Climbed 'Cause for Pause' (5.10c) the week prior and would say this was slightly easier than P1 and P5 of that climb. Nothing too physical or tiring on Mañana but a good route for learning to read the rock correctly.
I followed P1 and led P2 for a nice "365ft" continuous climb. Fell once on P1 and once on P2. Crux on P1 for me was near a large left foot pocket with very little for hands. Ended up succeeding this section by traversing left just below the pocket on micro-edges. Crux on P2 felt like the end of the slab ramp where hands disappeared. Apr 30, 2020
Gary Anderson
vista, ca
[Hide Comment] Climb up the flake and place a cam at the top of it 2-3". This protects clipping the bolt and then the hard moves begin... Dec 1, 2020
John Achenbach
Los Angeles, CA
  5.10+
[Hide Comment] Superb route - get the sequencing right! Jan 11, 2021
Andrew G
Pittsburgh, PA
 
[Hide Comment] Fantastic climbing. Not sure where the 365 ft comes from, each pitch was probably 125'. Multiple cruxes on both pitches, I'd venture to say p1 was tougher. Lot of trusting that your feet will stay smearing under you on almost nothing. With a 70m rope, you can do a short(ish) rap to the mid anchors on p2 and then take advantage of that rope stretch to get you down the anchors atop the first pitch of Meteor, then one more rap to the ground. May 1, 2023