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Guardian Angel

Name: Guardian Angel
Rating: 3.3

5.10a YDS 6a French 18 Ewbanks VI+ UIAA 18 ZA E1 5a British

Routes in Lower Leda

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	5.5 Trad T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Big Dave's S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Cannonball S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Crisis of Confidence S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Cryptic S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Definite Maybe S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Footloose S 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Gigantic S,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Guardian Angel S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Hematoma S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	I Love Guardian Angels T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	I Love Twins T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Misunderstood T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	No Talent Ass Clown S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Poptop S,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Return, The S 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Rusty S,TR 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Sands of Rhyme T,S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Treehugger S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Treet T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Up Game, The S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b

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Type:	Sport, 80 ft (24 m)
FA:	unknown
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Shared By:	saxfiend on Jun 23, 2008
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Description

With two distinct cruxes and good climbing between them, Guardian Angel is a fun challenge. The route gets its name from an incident in which a climber took a ground fall from the top and escaped serious injury. NOTE: the first ascent was likely done on gear and later retrobolted, so feel free to break out your rack and skip the bolts if you're a trad leader.

Starting just left of a left-facing corner, climb the face on easy ground to a small roof. Pull the roof (crux) on good holds and continue up the face. A thin crimpy section near the finish provides a second technical crux.