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Good Samaritans
5.9+,
Trad, 175 ft (53 m), 2 pitches,
Avg: 2.4 from 19
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FA: Sean Cobourn, Doug Swords, Allen Irwin- Feb 8, 2009
N Carolina
> 1. Southern Mou…
> Rumbling Bald
> Cereal Buttress
Description
P1- Finess your way up the wide crack. Where you want a #5 Camalot you can clip the third bolt on Frankenberry to your right instead. Where obvious, step left onto the fun face passing a bolt and avoiding some nastiness. Face climb up to the halfway ledge and belay in the obvious arching crack. 5.9+?
P2- Climb the big hand crack up to and through the overlap and then cut right to the Frankenberry belay bolts. 5.8+? Rappell the route with two ropes.
Location
The formerly vegetated wide crack between Breakfast of Champions and Frankenberry.
Protection
Up to # 5 Camalot is nice, if you have one (we did not). Up to #4 will do. 2 bolts (one is third bolt on Frankenberry).
[Hide Photo] First pitch just after placing the #5
[Hide Photo] Moving right to clip the Frankenberry bolt. From here head up left and stay out of the bushy stuff to the next high bolt and a spicy runout.
Gramling, SC
This one will clean up nicely after a couple ascents and a couple rain storms. Look out for some stray loose stones on P2, it is still a tad crispy up there. Feb 7, 2009
Atlanta, GA
Ridgway, CO
Gramling, SC
Desert, NM
Desert, NM
Greensboro
Make sure to take some pruners up with you if you climb this, and maybe wear pants and a long sleeve shirt. I'm still recovering from the poison oak rash despite everything being dead.
Overall, it was an awesome route that was spicy in sections and just needs a good cleaning. I felt having a #4 & 5 was pretty necessary for the wide start. I might rap and clean this before I try and lead it again. Dec 2, 2020