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El Sol

Name: El Sol
Rating: 1.9

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

Routes in Solar Slab

L › R R › L A › Z

	Eclipse This S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	El Sol S 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Frigga TR 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Helios S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Icarus S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Isis S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Solar Flare T,S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Tava S 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
	Up Until Sunrise S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a

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Type:	Sport, 45 ft (14 m)
FA:	Stewart Green and Brian Shelton, August 2004
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Access Issue: Reopened after flood damage! Details

Per Stewart M. Green: as of the July Fourth weekend, Red Rock Canyon Open Space has been reopened for climbing.

Red Rock Canyon Open Space is currently CLOSED to all access due to flood damage.

Description

From the guidebook: pleasant 40-foot pitch on the far right side of the slab. 3 bolts to a 2-bolt anchor.

Other notes: it is route #2 in guidebook. The route length is my approximation - use your own judgment. The moves just below the first bolt seem to be the most difficult.

Location

This is immediately to the right of the first group of trees that you see in front of the slab as you approach it from the North. The route behind the trees is Helios (5.8), right of Helios is El Sol and right of El Sol is Frigga (5.7).

Protection

3 bolts plus a 2-bolt anchor.

Eds. note that the hangers are thin and do not have rap rings or links. You may be able to thread these and rap, but these are not the beefy, Metolius-type rap hangers.