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Ancient Artifacts

5.8, Trad, 80 ft (24 m),  Avg: 2.2 from 20 votes
FA: ???
New Hampshire > Whitehorse Ledge > 06. Echo Roof

Description

Start 10ft left of Return to Innocence.Look for an overlap about 15ft up.Pull the right side of the overlap,then trend left a little and up a white streak to Relic Hunter's anchors.

Location

This route if 10ft left of RTI.

Protection

Small cams and one bolt on the white streak

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The first overlap<br> Photo by Loran Smith
[Hide Photo] The first overlap Photo by Loran Smith
RW "puzzles out" the move at the overlap on Ancient Artifacts. We found the friction above that rather slippery due to Oak Sap.
[Hide Photo] RW "puzzles out" the move at the overlap on Ancient Artifacts. We found the friction above that rather slippery due to Oak Sap.

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Russ Keane
Salt Lake
[Hide Comment] I tried this start, thinking I was climbing 5.7 ..... It;s a tough, unprotected little move on that overlap, getting to that bolt. I backed down (which was difficult) and went up the easy way. Oct 15, 2015
Robert Hall
North Conway, NH
  5.8 R
[Hide Comment] There should be some protection available (small cams /wires) at the cracks near the move (see "RW puzzels"...photo) but there's still a move or two to the bolt on the white slab above. I'd give it a "PG-13 / R" rating. [since protection rating is a function of likelihood of getting hurt, not the distance of the fall] Apr 25, 2016