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Gopherus Agassizi

Name: Gopherus Agassizi
Rating: 2.1

5.11 YDS 6c+ French 23 Ewbanks VIII- UIAA 23 ZA E4 5c British

Routes in Turtle Wall

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	Actual Parchments, The S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Banana Dance S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Carapace S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Dancing Fox S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Director of Humor Affairs S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Down to Durf S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Endangered Species S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Farmers Dance S 5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a
	Farmers Market S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Flying Dragon, The S 5.13c 8a+ 30 X- 31 E7 7a
	Gopherus Agassizi S 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Knuckle Bones S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Lambada S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Largado S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Pinching Bird Shit S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Shut Up Man S 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b
	Tortuga S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Trey Lizardos S 5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a
	Turtle Soup S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Voodoo Economics S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Waltz, The S 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b

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Type:	Sport, 30 ft (9 m)
GPS:	37.1498, -113.61204
FA:	J. Visser
Page Views:	1,841 total · 9/month
Shared By:	GRK on Mar 22, 2009
Admins:	Fallon Rowe, Perin Blanchard, GRK, David Crane, Nathan Fisher Page Updates (admin only)

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Access Issue: PRECIPITATION AND WET ROCK Details

The sandstone here is easily damaged when wet. Please allow at least 24-48 hours before climbing after any precipitation. If the ground is at all damp, please do not climb on any local sandstone. Consider nearby options on basalt, limestone, granite, or plastic instead.

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Gopherus Agassizi

is the "moderate" test piece at the Turtle Wall. Rated as only .10c in the Goss Guide, Gopherus Agassizi has stumped the toughest of hardmen. Calling this route sequential would be an understatement. Gopherus Agassizi is basically a 30 foot boulder problem with bolts. An extremely thin start leads to a one, maybe two, shallow pockets. Clip the first bolt and tell yourself you can make it to the second. From here, pull out your keys to unlock the crux or maybe just pray for an answer. Finish, or for lack of better words, fight, your way to the close yet distant chains.

An Onsight of this route (low traffic leaves no chalk) is like betting on a horse with no legs.

Unless the entire face of this route fell off since the fa, its more close to a .11 than Michael Jackson is to a come back...(too soon?)