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Righteous Babe

5.8, Sport, 180 ft (55 m), 2 pitches,  Avg: 2.1 from 83 votes
FA: Traci Marx, Doniel Drazin
California > Los Angeles Basin > Santa Monica Mo… > Echo Cliffs > Easy Street

Description

P1: (5.7) Start in a channel with a very obvious black water streak. The first 40 feet are the steepest of the pitch, coming in a bit shy of vertical for a couple moves. It then eases up considerably. Follow up the slab to a small ledge at the base of a small wall. There should be two sets of anchors, mussy clips on your left and rings on your right. Use the Mussy anchor if continuing on to P2. A fun 5.9 (Head Wound) veers right.

P2: (5.8) Traverse slightly left and pull over the wall wherever suits you. Continue up some slab for a could of clips. The route will bifurcate yet again. Go left up the less steep, yet better rock, of the two. A fun move pulls onto the wall and jugs bring you to two open shuts.

I can't be definitive about the length. I know a 60 meter gets you down with room to spare. Can't speak to a 50m, so I called it at 90 feet per pitch.

Location

Towards the right side of Easy Street there is a large black streak in the middle of a small channel. You can't miss it.

Protection

About 8 draws should get you up both pitches. Mussy clips at the first anchor, open shuts at the second.

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Leading Righteous Babe. First part of P1, steps back a little after this point.
[Hide Photo] Leading Righteous Babe. First part of P1, steps back a little after this point.
Rob topping out
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Nate & Mike Conroy hanging out atop the first pitch of "Righteous Babe."
[Hide Photo] Nate & Mike Conroy hanging out atop the first pitch of "Righteous Babe."
David & David hanging out atop the first pitch of Righteous Babe, Echo Cliffs.
[Hide Photo] David & David hanging out atop the first pitch of Righteous Babe, Echo Cliffs.
Leading the first pitch of Righteous Babe.
[Hide Photo] Leading the first pitch of Righteous Babe.

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Michael Bartosek
Los Angeles
[Hide Comment] Last time I was in this area, I lead headwound and one of my climbing partners led this route, if I recall the route was missing one of the anchors.

Anyone have any updated beta on the condition of this route? Jun 15, 2010
[Hide Comment] Yeah I was there today and at least at the end of the first pitch both anchors were there, mussy clips on the left and rap rings on the right. I finished head wound about a month ago and it had anchors at the top and I seem to remember seeing anchors at the top of the other routes on this wall so I would say all is good with anchors here. Jun 26, 2010
[Hide Comment] Anchors on the top of Righteous babe look good as well as the rap rings on the first pitch of Head Wound. It's the anchors on the second pitch of Head Wound that look questionable. Oct 9, 2012
Ian Reed
Redondo Beach, CA
[Hide Comment] As of 2019-11-10 the 6th bolt up from the ground is quite loose. would not recommend whipping on it. Nov 11, 2019
b Heliker
Long Beach, ca
[Hide Comment] The anchor is a pair of cold shots with no gate, and no other place to clip. I wished I had brought a couple slings to throw girth hitches around these to bring up my second. We took care when rapping not to unweight the rope. Jun 14, 2020
Mitchell Touher
Mammoth Lakes, CA
  5.7
[Hide Comment] The bolts and anchors on P1 are cherry. Bolts 2&3 are loose on P2 but it’s an easy section. The shuts with no gates on P2 aren’t very righteous but their super solid. Really easy climbing and pretty fun route. Jul 24, 2020