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Paul's Boutique

5.8, Trad, 60 ft (18 m),  Avg: 2.7 from 26 votes
FA: Paul Rothfeldt
N Carolina > 1. Southern Mou… > Rumbling Bald > Paul's Boutique

Description

Big slabby offwidth. Fun climbing and a great way to start the day!

Protection

Doubles from .4 to 3 an one number 4 will sew it up very tight.  Two bolts at the top slab to anchors avoid the gully.  

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Nearing the top Paul's boutique
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Will Avent leading Paul's Boutique
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S.Mccabe
boulder, co
 
[Hide Comment] Good route. Quite dirty! Didn't use(or have) anything bigger than a 4" piece. Seemed more like about 80ft. Mar 19, 2010
[Hide Comment] Lots of fun, despite being completely choked with leaves. Got lost and wandered up to this area, saw this crack and climbed without knowledge of name or grade. Nov 21, 2010
Russ Keane
Salt Lake
5.8
[Hide Comment] This climb doesn't look like much, and it's leafy, but it always climbs well. At times you will find yourself wedged in, and other times coming out to use the features outside the crack. There's even a hand jam or two. Walk off (carefully), or from time to time there's TAT on the tree. Jul 9, 2016
Robert Branch
Burnsville, NC
  5.8 PG13
[Hide Comment] Good off width crack climb. The slope getting to it is a pain from the after effects of last fall's fire. It is dusty, loose, and the leaf litter plus the hickory nuts give a nice 'walking on ball bearings' effect. Jan 29, 2017
Curtis Baird
Devils Tower, WY
  5.8
[Hide Comment] If this thing was at Manure Pile Buttress, it would have a line. Jan 30, 2021
[Hide Comment] Where the route goes straight up into the dirt chimney groove to the tree tat, instead step left up the raising ramp with a nice piece of gear. Slab up past two bolts to a bolted anchor. This finish raises the grade a little but is much better. Jan 19, 2022