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California Potato Chip

5.8, Trad, 45 ft (14 m),  Avg: 2.3 from 22 votes
FA: Pete Kulbacki, Alan Pilgrim, and Pete Henden (July 23, 1995)
New Hampshire > WM: Franconia N… > Echo Crag > 1. Square Inch Wall

Description

Up the corner and over the bulge, then up a crack to the anchor.

SEE COMMENT about lose rock/boulder.   R Hall NH Admin 7/22/22

Location

Five feet to the right of "Chin-Up", at the base of a right-facing corner.

Protection

Standard Single Rack
Anchor: 2 Bolts w/Rings

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Starting corner for California Potato Chip, Chin Up goes up the blocks to the left.
[Hide Photo] Starting corner for California Potato Chip, Chin Up goes up the blocks to the left.

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Michal Miedlo
Holbrook, MA
  5.8
[Hide Comment] I climbed this route along with my partner last weekend, my partner noticed a big, toilet-seat-sized detached rock perched precariously on a pile of powdery mulch/peat a few feet above the anchor of this route. Not wanting to trundle the rock down and possibly damage this route (we also did not have a third to be sure nobody was walking up the path below), I moved the rock several feet UP and to the left, did my best to tuck it into a crevice in the ledge. The situation should be safer now but it might be a good idea to have someone more experienced in route development/maintenance check it out and maybe safely drop the rock to the base ? The move left some dirt/peat on the upper holds but it should clean up after some rain.

NOTE- I changed this from temporary (which auto-deletes in 90 days) to Beta (which stays) and noted in the Description. If anybosy trundles this rock, please post a comment . R Hall Admin, NH Jul 20, 2022