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Ripple

5.7 PG13, Trad, 320 ft (97 m), 2 pitches,  Avg: 2.6 from 23 votes
FA: George Ridgeley, Bryan Law, Sabine Schirm, 8/2005
California > Yosemite NP > Tuolumne Meadows > Dozier Dome
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Description

Pitch 1 (5.7, 140'): 4 bolts + gear to bolted belay.

Pitch 2 (5.7, 180'): 6 bolts + gear to bolted belay (bit of a runout on easy terrain without gear).

Location

Scramble up and right of Bull Dozier; base of route will be across from a large platform (flat-topped boulder). Looking up route the first pitch has undulations / shelves which look a little like ripples I guess.

Descend via rappel (two raps with two 60m ropes) or continue up a third easy short pitch to a crack & gear belay, then walk off the dome (see description of Holdless Horror).

Protection

6 draws, cams from 0.6 to 1.25".

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Ed Henicle
Santa Rosa, CA
[Hide Comment] Great intro into Tuolumne runout face climbing. Also do Scandalous Summer on the left side of the dome. Dozier Dome rocks! A big thanks to the FA teams! Jul 24, 2014
Bailey Smith
Sacramento, CA
  5.7
[Hide Comment] Top roped the first pitch of this after the first pitch of Bull Dozier and thought it was super fun with great moves. First bolt would be a little spicy on lead. Sep 12, 2016
Jennifer Hersom
San Francisco, CA
 
[Hide Comment] P1 was easy breezy beautiful. I thought the crux of the climb was on P2 just after the second bolt. Very delicate face climbing above a non-standard bolt. The nose of the carabiner barely fits in the hanger. Aug 2, 2020