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Cloud Nine

5.11b, Sport, 320 ft (97 m), 3 pitches,  Avg: 2.4 from 8 votes
FA: Dane Bass & Jim Taylor -2003
International > N America > Mexico > Nuevo Leon > El Potrero Chico > Mota Wall

Description

P1: 5.10b - climb up the face to the bottom of an arête.
P2: 5.11b - climb right of the arête on the thin face.
P3: 5.10d - climb the brown corners and then head up left.

Location

About 5 meters right of Fierce Invalids.

Protection

Bolts with anchors.

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Some slab at the top of P2.
[Hide Photo] Some slab at the top of P2.

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Russ Walling
Flaky Foont, WI. Redacted…
 
[Hide Comment] Intended on doing the whole route... didn't happen. First pitch seemed hard featuring minimal positive holds and some sequential and tenuous moves for a few bolts over the small roof. A fall up around the crux will send you further than you think, so you should have the belayer move up to a stance near a bolt with no hanger instead of belaying from the ground. Feb 27, 2020
Michael Dom
 
[Hide Comment] Link 1+2 to a good belay ledge. I ended up climbing the arete, not right of it. The last pitch is short and eventually traverses left at the top to share anchors with Fierce Invalids. May 8, 2020