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Mother Lode

Name: Mother Lode
Rating: 3.2

5.10 YDS 6b French 20 Ewbanks VII- UIAA 19 ZA E2 5b British

Routes in 3. Trailhead Wall

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	Brother Toad S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Fearless S 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Hemp Seeds Sowed S 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
	Matched It! S 5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a
	Matchless S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Meltdown T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Mother Lode T,S 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	New Squid In Town T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Other Road, The T,S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Otis S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Perpetual Doubt S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Pirate Mode T,S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Projectile Dysfunction S 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Rad Lad S 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Squid Kid S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Temporary Change of Season T,S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Trooper Traverse T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13

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Type:	Trad, Sport, 350 ft (106 m), 3 pitches
FA:	FA. Wes Peterson, D Trimm 93'
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Shared By:	Gordo Bro on Sep 9, 2006 · Updates
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Description

Scramble up easy ramps/ledges to cleft marking start of Trooper Traverse. This is the eye-attracting, left-facing dihedral/crack system on the right side of the face.

P1. Face climb straight up with sparse protection (small nuts, Aliens) mixed with 3 bolts. The 2nd bolt protects the traversing crux. Finish to the ledge from the last bolt going either right (harder) or left. Stop at a 2 bolt belay anchor with chains.

P2. Layback/jam flake to a ledge midway with a bolt. Move up into left-angling crack with good jams and cam placements (up to a #4 Friend), turn the corner, climb up to a bolt, then traverse face holds back right and up to a large, sloping ledge with 3 bolt belay (~120 feet).

P3. Clip multiple bolts angling left to crux layback/sidepull on small holds well-protected by a bolt, then continue up and back right to ledge with a tree.

Descent: do a one rope rap to the 2nd pitch belay ledge. Do a two rope rap to the start of the route. Scramble to the ground.

Or per bl0nd3 marm0t: with a single 70m, rap from P3 anchor to anchor just left and below P2 anchors (The Other Road). Two raps from here get you down without any shenanigans. Have fun.