| Type: | Trad, 440 ft (133 m), 5 pitches, Grade III |
| GPS: | 37.22187, -112.96378 |
| FA: | Joe French, Brody Greer (9/06), FFA: French, Zach Lee (2007) |
| Page Views: | 3,431 total · 19/month |
| Shared By: | George Perkins on Nov 14, 2010 |
| Admins: | Fallon Rowe, Perin Blanchard, GRK, David Crane, Nathan Fisher |
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Description
seeks out the right of the 3 prominent vertical splitter cracks at the north end of Mt. Spry (the left line is "Sandblaster", and the middle one is "Central Pillar"). The thing is, this crack doesn't start at the base of the route, so a bolt-protected face pitch gains it, with a couple great pitches as a reward. This aspect of Mt. Spry is shaded in the a.m. and sees afternoon sun.
P1: Climb a hand/fist crack in a right facing corner to a bolted anchor (5.9, 60').
P2: Follow the bolts up and right, through intricate face climbing. Most of the pitch is bolt-protected, but you'll need 1-3 pieces of gear for a finger/hand crack just below the anchor (5.10+, 90').
P3: Face climb up and left past 2 bolts. Enter a left trending crack system and follow this on a ramp past a bulge to a bolted belay (5.11, 100').
P4: Splitter hands straight up, passing a couple of bulges to a bolted belay (5.11, 100').
P5: Splitter hand crack to a pod (5.9?, 40').
Descent: Rap the route (we had 2x 60m, but 1 would probably work). With 2 ropes, go straight from the p3 to p1 anchors, rather than swinging over to the 2nd belay.



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