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Open Casket

Name: Open Casket
Rating: 3.9

5.9+ YDS 5c French 17 Ewbanks VI UIAA 17 ZA E1 5a British

Routes in T-Wall West

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	A Nice Place to Come T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	A Turn of the Page S 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Air Raid T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Balls to the Wall T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c PG13
	Belly Of The Beast T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Benevolence T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c R
	Big Orange Country T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Birth Simulator, The T 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Blood Meridian T 5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b
	Burn S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Can't Touch This T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Circling Buzzards T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a PG13
	Circus Circus T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Class Action T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Combustion Cycle T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Crankenstein T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Dark Star, The S 5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b
	Donkey Show, The T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c PG13
	Dumpster Proof S 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Elephus Maximus T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a PG13
	Explosivo! T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	First Dance T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Fists of Fury T 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Grace S 5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c
	Great Unchoppable, The T 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Greener Pastures T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Hammer Time T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Hands of Stone S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Harvest Time T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a R
	Heat Vision T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Heaven's Gate T 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a PG13
	Heavy Petting Zoo T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c PG13
	Hell or High Water T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Homeland Insecurity T 5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a
	In Sight of Power T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Keelhauled S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Killer Diller (aka Silver Spurs) T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Little Green Men T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Little Steps T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Magnum Bro T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c PG13
	Magnum Crow T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b PG13
	Mass Transit T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Message, The S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Midget Cage, The T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Moon of the Crow T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	One Slip T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Only on Earth T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Open Boat Whalers T 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
	Open Casket T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Out On A Whim T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Path of the Misfits T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Path of the Mystics T 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Pocket Pussy T 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Protect And Serve T 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Psycho Path S 5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c
	Pump Failure T 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Queen Bitch T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
	Quick an' Dirty T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Ribbon Cracks T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Riff, The T 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
	Rockgasm S 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Run with the Horseman T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Schrödinger Equation, The T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Sinji T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Sole Searcher T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Stand And Deliver T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	Starting Point T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Steep Eye for the Slab Guy T 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b PG13
	Step Into My Dream T 5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Step Right Up T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Stinger Arete, The S 5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Stone Hinge S 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Sundance T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Superwave T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	T-Rex S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Talon T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
	Tamper Proof T 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Tribal Babysitter T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Tweedledee T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
	Two bums are better than none T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a C1+
	Unknown L of Wild Pink T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Violence Is Golden T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Voodoo That You Do T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Walking Spanish T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a PG13
	Where Lizards Go to Die T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Whistlin' in the Boneyard T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Wild Pink T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Wild Pink Direct T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	William "The Frig" Perry T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13
	Wood Spirit, The T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Wrectum Wrecker T 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b

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Type:	Trad, 98 ft (30 m)
GPS:	35.07227, -85.4094
FA:	Rob Robinson, Peter Henley - 1985
Page Views:	8,109 total · 35/month
Shared By:	Rob Dillon on Dec 31, 2006
Admins:	Stonyman Killough, Luke Cornejo, saxfiend Page Updates (admin only)

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Enter...

When you tire of the routine corners and faces that typefy T-Wall stone, it's time to poke around a bit and pry open the Casket. High Indiana Jones-value on this one.

Rounding the corner left of the falls, a squint into the darkness reveals a gaping, ever-widening chasm, choked with blocks reminiscent of towers on the Colorado Plateau. Surely, you think, this cannot be 5.9. And yet, with unlikely reaches to secret jugs, with wild stemming across the chasm, with locker hand jams under the huge chockstones, the Casket gives it up.

Location

The Casket lies left of the waterfall, just around the way from Psycho Path, etc. When you turn the corner to confront a dark and gaping maw, you're there.

Belay on the big ledge, or lower off on new rings.

Silver Bullets

Surprisingly, you'll need nothing larger than a 3 camalot, although 2 of these will be required to keep most folks happy on their first ride. Long runners like you mean it. In the summer, consider a spider wand, unless the traffic increases dramatically on what is basically a cult classic.