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2 Hour 2 Tecate Challenge
5.9 YDS 5c French 17 Ewbanks VI UIAA 17 ZA HVS 5a British
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2 Hour 2 Tecate Challenge T,S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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60 Minutes T,TR 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13 |
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Bob's Cling TR 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Burn Permit S 5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Camel S,TR 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Choss Boss Direct S,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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Civilized Evil T,TR 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Crank You, Thank You S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c |
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Crankin' S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a |
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Curley Shuffle S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a |
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Dead Rat's Crack AKA 60 Seconds Over Soledad T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Dirty Rat's Crack T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c |
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Guide's Area TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b |
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Humps T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c |
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Llama T,TR 5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Mouse Maze T,S 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c PG13 |
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Namasté T,S 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a |
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No Permit Required S 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b |
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Only Way To Fly S,TR 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b |
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Rat Race S 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a R |
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Slimy Slit (aka Slippery Slit) TR 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b |
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Western Airlines S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c |
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| Type: | Trad, Sport, 800 ft, 9 pitches, Grade II |
| FA: | Matt Geyer & John Knight |
| Page Views: | 3,600 total · 38/month |
| Shared By: | John Knight on Feb 10, 2011 |
| Admins: | andy patterson, M. Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer suchoski, Justin ., Vicki Schwantes |
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Description
The 2 Hour, 2 Tecate Challenge (aka 2 Tecate Challenge for short) is 9 linked pitches of climbing from Cracked Wall up to the Hikers Summit on Bishop Peak. The "challenge" is to break 2 hours. This requires you to be constantly moving and very efficient with your rope work. Additional info. and current records for The 2 Tecate Challenge are included here: centralcoastclimbing.com/2t…
The pitches include:
1. Mouse Maze (5.9)
2. Knight Moves (5.7)
3. Owl's Staircase (5.8)
4. JK Flashback (5.7/5.8)
5. Doggie Style (5.9)
6. Garden Party (5.7)
7. Sunnyside (5.8/5.9)
8. There and Back Again (5.7) (aka Liberace)
9. Flakes to Fresno (5.8/5.9)
The pitches include:
1. Mouse Maze (5.9)
2. Knight Moves (5.7)
3. Owl's Staircase (5.8)
4. JK Flashback (5.7/5.8)
5. Doggie Style (5.9)
6. Garden Party (5.7)
7. Sunnyside (5.8/5.9)
8. There and Back Again (5.7) (aka Liberace)
9. Flakes to Fresno (5.8/5.9)
Location
Start at the base of Mouse Maze. Either hike down (fastest) OR rap down by scrambling to the top of Sunnyside (some 4th Class to get to Sunnyside anchors), scramble to the top of P-Wall, rap down to the Knee Surgery anchors, then rap down to the gully near the base of Garden Wall (3 raps total with a 60 meter rope), then hike down the P-Wall access trail.
Protection
You'll need 6 draws, 1 or 2 small cams and a couple large cams for Flakes to Fresno. You can link Mouse Maze & Knight Moves, Doggie Style and Garden Party, and Sunnyside & There and Back Again. If you link pitches, you will need to bring additional shoulder length slings (maybe 4 or 5) to reduce rope drag. All pitches have bolted anchors.
Sedona
More info. and rules for the Challenge are posted here: centralcoastclimbing.com/2t… Feb 10, 2011
Chiang Mai, TH
Los Osos, CA
Great to practice and learn rope managment and efficiency skills for longer climbs that one would encouter elsewhere. Surprisingly, you do not have to walk through ANY poison oak, as it can all be avoided.
I dont understand why this route is not "MP worthy material". At least it is clean climbing. If the 2 Tecate Challenge is not "MP worthy material" how is this:
mountainproject.com/v/calif…
"Poison oak, yucca, super stemmy moves to avoid stepping on loose rock. Do not go this way.."
Seems a whole lot less "MP worthy" than John's linkup. However, it stays on MP.com because we are not a community of elitsts who only allow three star routes and above on the site. When I log onto MP.com to search for a new and exciting climb, I like to have my options open, including one star adventure routes to four star area classics and everything in between. May 2, 2011
Santa Barbara, CA
A house
Started at cracked wall, climbed 9 pitches to summit, rapped, climbed same 9 pitches again to summit. 1 hour 54 minutes. Kept the clock running from our first leader's step onto dirty rat's crack, to our second climber summiting the second time, start to finish.
2 tecate, 2 lap, 2 hour challenge. May 16, 2011
Chiang Mai, TH
I completely agree with every point you made. This linkup can be fun. There are a lot of good climbs. Calling it multipitch is a bit misleading, and as for the FA, well, you said it right. I think this is the part that was "not deserving of a post on MP" that I was referring to in my last post. As I said before, it's a good linkup, but probably best cut out for locals who want to do something different. May 27, 2011
Sedona
Let's focus on getting out and having fun with friends not whether a "route is Mt. Project worthy."
Happy Climbing!
John Jun 3, 2011
Sedona
2 Tecate Challenge - BYPASS!
P1 - Lama (5.9R if you skip the direct start and walk in from the right).
P2 - Knight Moves (5.9 if you take the alternate right hand start).
P3 - Owl's Staircase (5.8)
P4 - KB Trip (5.10b). It's just left of JK Flashback.
P5 - Direct Exposure (5.10bR)
P6 - Simul/Solo your way to the top of P-Wall (5.4)
P7 - Sunnyside (5.9)
P8 - Gomer's Surprise (5.10c)
P9 - Dig a Pony (5.10c/d)
See topo above.
Call me when you get it under 2 hours.
John Jun 25, 2011
Ventura, CA
Sedona
There seems to be a lot of interest in these Linkups regardless of how they are posted. I think the Linkups should be posted and clearly identified as Linkups (not as part of a single climb). This may be unique to the Central Coast, since true multi-pitch climbs are so sparse here.
Any way you look at it, I think posting of Linkups is consistent with the purpose of M-Project. Which I believe is to provide a place for climbers to share information & experiences. Jun 27, 2011
Chiang Mai, TH
Sedona
I'm just glad people enjoy it and that we have a place for people to post and share their comments. Jul 10, 2011
Atascadero, CA
Interestingly, this car-to-car time is very close to the time we took to climb The Royal Arches in Yosemite (which took us 1 hour 48 minutes with much simuling) as the approach to Crest Jewel Direct. We thought we were moving fast until we saw a party of two catching up to us, which only spurred us on until they finally caught us. Turns out it was a YOSAR team en route to rescue a couple that had gotten their rope stuck on the rappel off Royal Arches and had spent the night there. They were wearing hiking boots, simul-climbing on a short rope with mountaineer's coils managing the slack slung over their shoulders, and their entire rack consisted of a single set of stoppers. They passed us as I finished leading p11 (double cracks to OW), which is the crux of the route IMO, clipping our gear, belaying off two nuts, and then continued on simul-climbing. That was likely the only anchor they built and traditional belay they did on the entire 16 pitch route. One guy had a wide-brimmed sun hat that he had cut the center out of and stretched over his helmet to make a "shade-helmet;" so it appeared that some farmer in his boots was just running up the route behind us crushing our egos the closer he got. Actually, I don't feel that bad about being passed by them and wouldn't expect any less since the speed record on The Nose of El Cap (2 hours 19 minutes) is currently held by a YOSAR member, Jim Reynolds (along with Brad Gobright), who, interestingly, used to climb at Bishop Peak and SLO-Op climbing gym when he lived in SLO for a bit. Jan 19, 2018
Atascadero, CA