Caliente
5.12c YDS 7b+ French 27 Ewbanks IX- UIAA 27 ZA E6 6b British
| Type: | Trad, 200 ft (61 m), 2 pitches |
| GPS: | 33.76958, -116.69484 |
| FA: | John Bachar, 1978 |
| Page Views: | 4,251 total · 20/month |
| Shared By: | Darrell Hensel on Jul 8, 2008 · Updates |
| Admins: | C Miller, Mike Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer Ski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes |
Description
Superb climbing on great rock.
Pitch 1: Scramble up easy 5th class climbing and belay on a ledge at a 2 bolt anchor (40' left of Paisano Chimney). A short crack leads to 5.10c face climbing that takes you to the black inclusion. A series of reaches presents the crux of the pitch on the inclusion. Above the crux, runout 5.10d climbing takes one into a left leaning arch that contains a 2 bolt ring equipped belay.
Pitch 2: 5.10c climbing follows the arch to it's end, then up the easy face. A variation can also be done to the second pitch: from the belay step down a few moves, then pull over the arch and climb just above the lip of the arch (10d), tending left.
It is also possible to do this as a one pitch route, but rope drag factors in.



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