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What's Up?

5.10-, Trad, 300 ft (91 m), 3 pitches, Grade II,  Avg: 2.7 from 9 votes
FA: Cheyenne Chaffee, Kip Davis, Nick D'Alessio
Colorado > Buena Vista > Davis Face

Description

P1: Start on a nice hand/finger crack just left of a giant right facing corner eventually climbing the cracks on the arete formed by the corner (5.7) to a two bolt belay.

P2: Friction up past a couple new bolts left of a large, bushy gully. Some small runouts exists on easier ground as do some gear placements. Continue up to a large ledge with a two bolt anchor.

P3: Two options. Option 1: Follow the right-leaning, finger crack up to a small bulge. Pull the bulge, trend right up a slab with a bolt and over another small bulge to a two bolt anchor (What's Up 5.10a) Option 2: Head up and left off the ledge into a giant flake system. Stem and lieback up it until reaching a two bolt anchor (Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, 5.8). This route needs some bushes cleaned off it but is still pretty fun.

Location

Look for the giant, right-facing corner about 250 feet [left] of the Carter Classic. Rap the route with 2 ropes.

Thanks, Clayton, for the correction!

Protection

Mixed. Bring full rack to #3 Camalot and doubles of smaller gear.

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Cheyenne leading the third pitch finger crack.
[Hide Photo] Cheyenne leading the third pitch finger crack.
Cheyenne on the first pitch.
[Hide Photo] Cheyenne on the first pitch.
Kip installing hardware on pitch 2.
[Hide Photo] Kip installing hardware on pitch 2.

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Jordan Winters
Minturn, CO
[Hide Comment] Looks fun, nice work! Davis Face has pretty quality/fun stone. Nov 30, 2009
claytown
Boulder, CO
 
[Hide Comment] Location of this route is wrong. It is LEFT of Carter Classic, not right. Identify the climb from the picture on here with the dude leading the right-angling cracks. (It is not the bolt line immediately left of Carter Classic.)

First pitch was cool. Second pitch is really short and so-so. Third pitch has a fun move on it. Good route if Carter Classic is a traffic jam. May 29, 2012