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Slip 'n Slide

Name: Slip 'n Slide
Rating: 3.6

5.9 YDS 5c French 17 Ewbanks VI UIAA 17 ZA HVS 5a British

Routes in Lower Elbow Room

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	30 Miles to Water S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	A Life Shared is a Better Life T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Aunti Vigilante S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Bomb Cyclone S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Brighter Days S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Brighter Days First Anchor S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Buckets Bedazzlin’ S 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b
	Chuckers S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Danger Baby S 5.13a/b 8a 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c
	Dangerously Direct S 5.13 8a 29 X- 30 E7 6c
	Deckchair Darrell S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Don't Kid, Minibike S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13
	Elbow Macaroni S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Fight or Flight S 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Free Range Pit Bulls S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Fuck a Duck S 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Head Rush S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Holy guacamoly S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Iceberg II S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Lawnchair Larry S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Life Goes On S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Limelight S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Love Me Easy S 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Not Kidding (variation to Don't Kid Mini Bike) S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	P.D. Time S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Palm Reader S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Pet Trackers S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Phoenix S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Quail Crack S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Quail Trail S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Roller Coaster Ride S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Rush Hour Traffic S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Short and Sweet S 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Slip 'n Slide S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Stinkfist S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Sunny Warmup S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Supersweet(Sweetie 2.0) S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Threat Vector (Project) S 5.14 8c+ 34 XI- 34 E9 7b
	Tickbait S 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Vapor Trail S 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Weapon Out And Belly In S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Wings S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	You Don't Want None S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c

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Type:	Sport, 115 ft (35 m)
GPS:	37.52328, -118.57385
FA:	Kelly Cordner, Barry Oswick (1997) GU
Page Views:	11,074 total · 47/month
Shared By:	Matthew Fienup on Dec 21, 2006
Admins:	Aron Quiter, Euan Cameron, Mike Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer Ski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes Page Updates (admin only)

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Access Issue: Details

Please continue to be good land stewards and mindful of LADWP.

1) Never park or camp overnight at the access points.
2) Always park off the pavement, taking great care to avoid blocking the gates.
3) Clean up after your dogs. (Local climbers are finding abandoned doggie poop bags.)
4) Pack out all trash and TP, including picking up after others.
5) Use the outhouses if at all possible.

Description

Four bolts of slab climbing (with a 5.9 crux encountered after the fourth bolt) leads to a striking hand crack. Follow bolts up this beautiful, sustained crack which gets steeper and steeper with height. Simply awesome!

The route can be climbed as one long pitch or broken down into two. With a single 50 or 60-meter rope, it will take two rappels to get back down.

Location

Walk to the high point of the talus slope that abuts Lower Elbow Room. The route starts on the right-hand side of this high point--look above for the striking hand crack that sits left of a clean left-facing dihedral (which is "Palm Reader").