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Super Slide

Name: Super Slide
Rating: 3.2

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

Routes in Western Royal Arches

L › R R › L A › Z

	Adrenaline T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Demimonde S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Devil Waves S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Deviltry T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c PG13
	Endorphin T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a PG13
	Firefingers T 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a R
	Maxine's Wall T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Permanent Waves T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b R
	Peruvian Flake T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Peruvian flake right T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Rupto Pac T,S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a PG13
	Serenity Crack T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13
	Sons of Yesterday T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Super Slide T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Tenaya's Tears T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b PG13
	Trial By Fire T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c

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Type:	Trad, 500 ft (152 m), 5 pitches
FA:	Gene Drake, Rex Spaith, 1971
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Shared By:	Euan Cameron on Feb 1, 2007 · Updates
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Description

1. Climb the groove 5.2, into a 4th class ramp, follow this and then some dirty climbing up on a large ledge and build an anchor in the thin finger crack in the middle of the ledge.

2. Climb directly up above the belay until a delicate rising right traverse (no pro) allows a good crack to be gained. Follow this, until you can scramble under a tree onto a ledge and belay.

3. Follow the ledge left and then climb good cracks up to a hanging bolt belay. This is the first of 3 good pitches. (Note: On a crowded day, link pitches 3+4 and build your own anchors to let descending parties pass safely.)

4. Continue up the crack system until an obvious step right can be made where the cracks continue up to the belay.

5. This last pitch is a good one. This climb saves it very best to the very last few moves. Climb up until a nice finger crack allows progress up and onto the belay.

Descent is via Rappel with a 70m Rope:

1. P5 anchors -> P4 anchors

2. P4 anchors -> P3 anchors

3. P3 anchors -> Slung tree (15 feet left and 20 feet below the huge belay ledge)

4. Slung tree -> Intermediate bolts ~50 feet off the deck (If you have an 80m, this will get you to the ground)

5 Bolts -> Dirt.