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Corona Club

5.9, Sport, TR, 60 ft (18 m),  Avg: 2.2 from 32 votes
FA: 8/87 by Phil Falcone & Ted Olsen
Arizona > Central Arizona > *Phoenix Areas > Pinnacle Peak > Y-Crack Boulder

Description

Difficult from the start and consistently requires that the climber use subtle layback and crabbing to make the thin holds work. If only it were a little longer!

Follow the thin seam up a vertical face.

Location

a few feet right of Turtle Piss on the North side of the Y-Crack Boulder.

Protection

Two bolts.

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Finishing the route
[Hide Photo] Finishing the route
Cory M. after clipping the second bolt on lead.
[Hide Photo] Cory M. after clipping the second bolt on lead.
Moving to easier ground.
[Hide Photo] Moving to easier ground.
Corona Club is the vertical section of this wall & follows straight up the thin seam. Convenient toprope for early to intermediate climbers.
[Hide Photo] Corona Club is the vertical section of this wall & follows straight up the thin seam. Convenient toprope for early to intermediate climbers.

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Ken Isaacson
[Hide Comment] Please see my Turtle Piss comments. The same applies; however, this route has fewer hand and foot holds. Often all you can find for hand or foot is a ripple in the rock and you sort of balance up the climb as something yellow trickles down your leg. It is the hardest 5.8 I have ever climbed. Mar 12, 2009
Sagar Gondalia
Golden
  5.8
[Hide Comment] The start is definitely the crux. There are plenty of good holds as long as your'e conscious of sequence. Much easier than the starts to both Birthday Party and Mickey Mantle. Oct 30, 2011
Tradiban
  5.8
[Hide Comment] Start to the left of the bolt line only moving right at the finish. Jan 15, 2013
Daniel Evans
Phoenix, AZ
  5.10a
[Hide Comment] Another sandbag. This easily goes at 10a. Good delicate sequences though. Fun climb. Nov 15, 2015
bio
mesa, az
  5.9 PG13
[Hide Comment] Typically dangerously high first bolt. Jan 11, 2021