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It's Better with Bacon

Name: It's Better with Bacon
Rating: 2.7

5.8- YDS 5b French 16 Ewbanks VI- UIAA 14 ZA VS 4c British

Routes in Hogwild

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	2 pin crack T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Accessory Dogs T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Chorizo Corner T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Christmas Bacon T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Ham and Cheese S 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	HMR-1 T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b R
	HMR-2 S 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13
	HMR-3 T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	HMR-6 T 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
	Hogwild T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Honky toast (A.K.A. Jersey pork roll) T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	It's Better with Bacon T 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
	Just Acquaintances T 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
	Mixologist T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	No Gaynor T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Piglet T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Prosciutto S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Slab Hog Millionaire T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
	Swine Flu T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	This Ain't Kosher T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Unknown T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Unknown trad T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13
	Wilbur T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a

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Type:	Trad, 425 ft (129 m), 5 pitches
FA:	Petch Piertolungo, Brent Kuemerle & Chris McNamara - 2003
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Access Issue: Temporary Intermittent Closure Warning Details

ATTN CLIMBERS: Temporary Intermittent Closure Warning
Surrealistic Pillar, Lower Buttress, Lover’s Leap
From July 7 – August 12, 2023
Access Fund & CRAGS + TCC + BACC Adopt-a-Crag Trailwork In Progress

There will be intermittent closures of climbs at the Lower Buttress for both climber and worker safety. Climbs affected will include all routes between Surrealistic Pillar Direct and Sinbad-Herbert.

We all know how popular Surrealistic Pillar is! We understand that this may pose an inconvenience for your weekend climbing plans; however we MUST mitigate the erosion at the base as soon as possible.

Work will occur Wednesday to Sunday from 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM from July 8 until August 12 with volunteer work days on Saturdays. There will be a steel cable & griphoist ‘high line’ rigged, which is used to haul and transport large rocks. Please be aware of this hazard AND the potential for large rocks to be moved above you while you are hiking through this area.

Alternative climbs that access the top of Lower Buttress and that can be used in place of Surrealistic Pillar include:
• The Groove 5.8, 2 pitches
• The Farce 5.5, 2 pitches (variations at 5.7, 5.8 & 5.9)

Hiking Access to the Main Wall / Ledge is also still possible via the Main Wall Approach Trail (from Lower Buttress up climber's right) OR the Tombstone Ledge Approach Trail (from Lower Buttress up climber's left).
info@norcalcrags.org

Description

It's Better with Bacon is a good route on a nice slab on Hogwild. The star rating is for the first 3 pitches.

P1: start up a thin right trending crack. when it peters out, step right into another very thin right trending crack. The cracks are very thin, and take small nuts, but the moves are slab moves.

P2: Straight up a 5.6 slab past 3 protection bolts.

P3: Up a 12' crack to a bolted 5.6 slab. There is a 5.8 roof that must be surmounted at the end of the pitch, very fun!

Location

Walk 100 yards past the beginning of the Hogwild until you see the two thin cracks of the first pitch that both trend up and right at a 45 degree angle, on a clean slab broken by good belay ledges.