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5.10c,
Sport, 75 ft (23 m),
Avg: 3 from 83
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FA: Diab Rabie (1996)
N Carolina
> 3. Piedmont Region
> Crowders Mountain
> Main Climbing A…
> 06. Red Wall
Description
6 bolts to a set of cold shuts. Crux is at the fourth bolt. Traverse left after the crux to a set of shuts. There is a third bolt for backing up the shuts.
Location
Located at the far right end of the Red Wall. Shares a start with Tom-Tom Club. Rappell from shuts.
Protection
6 draws
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There is a distinct crux move above bolt #3 while moving to bolt #4. It's tempting to climb the arete from #3 to #4 because it just seems natural but that bypasses the initial (and toughest IMHO) crux.
The climbing from bolt #5 to the anchors involves a fair amount of suspect rock.
Food for Thought: I realize there is some new hardware on this climb and no one wants to create more holes but bolt #2 and #3 could really stand to be moved up. You cannot clip #2 from under the roof so you have to pull through completely which puts #2 at or below your waist at that very safe stance... why not move it up 2-3'? If you moved #2, #3 could move up as well which would better protect the crux move and keep you from decking on the roof feature in the event you blew the crux from #3 to #4.
Here and there.