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Exit Planet Mussy

5.12b, Sport, 250 ft (76 m), 3 pitches,  Avg: 3.5 from 2 votes
FA: Russ Walling (TD, 1st pitch 10/97) Bernd Zeugswetter 2nd pitch 2020, In Dust We Trust
California > Sierra Eastside > Bishop Area > Little Egypt > Mussypotamia Right

Description

Pitch 1: Good rock and good edges lull you into thinking you have this one in the bag... then the crux hits you right at the top. Anchors are at a good stance. Single rope rap from here.

Pitch 2: 8 bolts and 11d

Pitch 3: Trivial 5.6 slab to gain the summit. 3 bolts to a rap station.

Location

Starts left of Blue Balls about 75ft, and left of some really cool slashes on the wall. Bolt anchors/loweroffs. Follows the best rock and line up to the anchor.

Protection

Bolts and lower offs

Comments [Hide ALL Comments]

Russ Walling
Flaky Foont, WI. Redacted…
  5.12b
[Hide Comment] The name is a takeoff on another Chemical Brothers tune/album. Exit Planet Dust. I guess we listened to a lot of Chemical Brothers back then! Aug 22, 2007
Bernd Zeugswetter
Bishop
  5.12b
[Hide Comment] I put in bolts on the second pitch and lead the entire route. The second pitch goes at 11d and has 8 bolts. Totally amazing and surprising that it goes and isnt a grain terror.
To keep with Russ' naming, i will call the second pitch "In Dust We Trust" a song on the album Exit Planet Dust.

Also cleaned the very old and tattered fixed rope from the route. Apr 30, 2020
Russ Walling
Flaky Foont, WI. Redacted…
  5.12b
[Hide Comment] Hey! Bitchen Bernd!!! You probably did the second ascent of the first pitch! It’s great you finished that thing off and added a pitch. Now you should get another pitch on top of the Alive Alone.... it will be mega! Apr 30, 2020
Bernd Zeugswetter
Bishop
  5.12b
[Hide Comment] Hey Russ,
Thanks man! It's so fun up there. I was actually thinking of naming the second pitch Alive Alone because of current events but realized that the next route over was already named that. :)

Oh the 3rd pitch has three bolts and a nice rap station on top.

Blue Balls has a second pitch. Do you mean a second pitch for Alive Alone? Apr 30, 2020
Russ Walling
Flaky Foont, WI. Redacted…
  5.12b
[Hide Comment] Right... Alive Alone needs the second pitch. Edited above Apr 30, 2020