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Gold Digger

Name: Gold Digger
Rating: 2.3

5.8+ YDS 5b French 16 Ewbanks VI- UIAA 15 ZA HVS 4c British

Routes in The Main Cliff

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	Ali Babbler S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	As The World Burns S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Beat Junkie S 5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c
	Fat Man S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Fear of Abraham T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Going Nuts S 5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c
	Gold Digger S 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Goldbug S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Goldbug Finish S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Goldmember S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Gunboat Diplomacy S 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Iron Man S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Know Ethics S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Little Big Man S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Millenium Falcon S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Peanut Man S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Rap Echo S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Rock de Jours T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c X
	Rock Du Jours Direct S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Rocket Boy S 5.13c/d 8b 31 X 31 E8 7a
	Rocket Fuel S 5.14a 8b+ 32 X+ 32 E8 7a
	Rocket Man S 5.13d 8b 31 X 32 E8 7a
	Shiskebob T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a PG13
	Simon Bar Sinister S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Skewer, The S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Sky Lab (incomplete) T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a A3 R
	Space Shuttle T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Steel Curtain S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Supersize Me S 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Sweet Polly Purebred S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Thang, The S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Thin Man S 5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c
	Thing, The S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Underdog S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Via Ferrata S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Working Man S,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b

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Type:	Sport
GPS:	43.80249, -71.83593
FA:	Chris Smith 11/99
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Shared By:	Lee Hansche on Mar 5, 2007
Admins:	Jay Knower, M Sprague, Jeffrey LeCours, Jonathan S, Robert Hall Page Updates (admin only)

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Access Issue: Upper pitches of Main Cliff and Main Cliff Right have seasonal closures for peregrine nesting usually from late winter to early summer. Signs are posted but may not be obvious. Please look out for and respect them. Details

Description

Climb up the farthest right groove on the central Main Clif. Moderate and fun moves lead to a stance in a corner... climb the interesting corner to another stance and a hard-for-the-grade exit to the right from the corner. Easier if tall, a jug awaits just out of reach.

The easiest route in this area. Often dry when other routes of the grade are soaked.

"Digger-bug (5.8)" is a popular link up that does the 1st 2/3 of Gold Digger (5.8+) but then where that route has a puzzling step right (crux) you instead clip the last two bolts of Gold Bug (5.10c/d) out to your left as you climb up the very pleasant stemming corner above to the Gold Bug Anchors... This has become a popular moderate option and proves to be an easy way to set a toprope Gold Bug (5.10c/d)...