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Routes in Bush Shark Area
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Banana Split T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Big - T T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b |
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Blood In The Water S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b |
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Bush Shark Spire T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Cabron T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13 |
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Curfew T,S 5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b |
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Feeding Frenzy T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b PG13 |
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Garden Party T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Ghost Rider T,S 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13 |
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Great White T,S 5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c |
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Hammerhead T,S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a |
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Mudshark Arpeggio, The T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a R |
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Pantomime T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b R |
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Westron Wynde T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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| Type: | Trad, 400 ft (121 m), 3 pitches |
| FA: | Mark Dalen, Mark Leonard 1980 |
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| Shared By: | Chuck McQuade on Jul 1, 2008 · Updates |
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Description
Many consider the (5.9) variation of P3 to be one of the Sandia's best at its grade.
Pitch 1 (5.9) Climb straight up the major weakness. Ignore at least the second of two bolts on the left, unless 5.10 face is your stronger suite compared to the style of climbing that lies ahead: continue up through a short chimney / off width section (5.9, visible from belay). 10 or 20 feet higher, left and up a ramp to belay somewhere below a small roof. About 160 ft.
Pitch 2 (5.8) Surmount a small roof (5.8) working your way to a straight-in corner (5.11 R), most parties step left gaining a serious of small cracks to a ledge and a small fir tree. (5.10 R). Most climbers avoid both above variations and traverse further left beyond the small cracks. This variation climbs a small arete like feature eventually ending on a large ledge above a fir tree (5.8).
Pitch 3 (5.9) Step right from the belay into a right facing corner system. The lower angled corner goes at (5.9). The further, more vertical corner goes at (5.10a). Both corner systems meet at a bulge. After the bulge (5.9) head up to a second roof bypassing it on its left side. Head up through easier terrain to the top of the formation belaying from a well camo'd bolt.
Pitch 1 (5.9) Climb straight up the major weakness. Ignore at least the second of two bolts on the left, unless 5.10 face is your stronger suite compared to the style of climbing that lies ahead: continue up through a short chimney / off width section (5.9, visible from belay). 10 or 20 feet higher, left and up a ramp to belay somewhere below a small roof. About 160 ft.
Pitch 2 (5.8) Surmount a small roof (5.8) working your way to a straight-in corner (5.11 R), most parties step left gaining a serious of small cracks to a ledge and a small fir tree. (5.10 R). Most climbers avoid both above variations and traverse further left beyond the small cracks. This variation climbs a small arete like feature eventually ending on a large ledge above a fir tree (5.8).
Pitch 3 (5.9) Step right from the belay into a right facing corner system. The lower angled corner goes at (5.9). The further, more vertical corner goes at (5.10a). Both corner systems meet at a bulge. After the bulge (5.9) head up to a second roof bypassing it on its left side. Head up through easier terrain to the top of the formation belaying from a well camo'd bolt.
Location
Approx. 100 yards beyond the Busk Shark Spire. The route starts between the second and third of 3 big fir trees in a narrowing gully on a south facing wall. Look for the first of two bolts protecting delicate face climbing on P1.
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