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What's the Combo?

Name: What's the Combo?
Rating: 2.5

5.11d YDS 7a French 24 Ewbanks VIII UIAA 25 ZA E5 6a British

Routes in The Vault

L › R R › L A › Z

	14 Carats S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Breakfast in Bhopal S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Chip Off the Block S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Easy Money S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Enola Gay T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Ewetopia S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Family Jewels S 5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a
	Fire It Up S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Flight Stimulator S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Follow Me Tuolumne S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Gem, The S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Handyman T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Holiday In Cambodia S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Illusions S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Jewel of Denial S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Jewel Of The Wild S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Lucy in the Sky S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Make It Rain S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Ministry of the Almighty Crimp S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	My Testosterone Poisoned Friend S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Pennies From Heaven S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Pocket Change S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a PG13
	Potato Chipper S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Precious Stone S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Pubic Zirconium S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Smoldering Horse Flesh S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Splitting the Stone S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Stinger S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Stress Rehearsal S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Sunrise Arete S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Topaz S 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	Tottering into Antiquity S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Traditional Trickery T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Tryptophan 2002 S 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Welcome to Yosemite T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	What's the Combo? S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
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Type:	Sport, 70 ft (21 m)
GPS:	38.6326, -105.2241
FA:	Mark Van Horn, 1990
Page Views:	1,137 total · 5/month
Shared By:	Monomaniac on Dec 8, 2008
Admins:	Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC Page Updates (admin only)

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Description

What's the Combo? is an enjoyable, sustained climb on a beautiful panel of white limestone. The movement is excellent & engaging, but some spooky rock and mild contrivance detract somewhat from the experience.

Begin up on a good ledge 3 feet off the ground. Easy scrambling along a detached flake leads to the business, 4-5 bolts of intense crimping & route finding, ending in a good shake at the obvious 6" undercling/flake. This section can be made easier (5.11) by using the left arete, but the climb is far more aesthetic & challenging without it.

Above the rest, 5.11- enduro crimps zig zag up the excellent headwall.

Location

This is immediately left of "Flight Simulator", it climbs the clean wall immediately right of the obvious, flared, chimnney feature that splits the lower half of the "14 Carats" Wall.