Finish Line Tower- If You Ain't First, You're Last
5.8 YDS 5b French 16 Ewbanks VI- UIAA 15 ZA HVS 4c British C1
| Type: | Trad, Aid, 110 ft (33 m), Grade II |
| GPS: | 38.564, -109.54235 |
| FA: | Ben Kiessel Jan. 14, 2012 |
| Page Views: | 1,122 total · 6/month |
| Shared By: | Ben Kiessel on Jan 18, 2012 |
| Admins: | slim, Cory N, Perin Blanchard, GRK, David Crane, Nathan Fisher |
RAPTOR CLOSURES: please be aware of seasonal raptor closures. They occur annually in the spring. Indian Creek Raptor Closure walls include: Echos, The Wall, Far Side, Original Meat, Tenderloins, Second Meat, First Meat, Selfish, Six Star, Cliffs of Insanity, Public Service Wall, Disappointment Cliffs, Fin Wall, Broken Tooth, Cat Wall, Slug Wall, Reservoir Wall, Critic’s Choice.
Description
Climb a crack up and right through some rotten sections of rock until it runs out. What use to be nailing has turned into a #3 or #4 crack after blocks came out. Clip a bolt and free out of your aiders 8' to the summit!
This apparently might go free at .12 or .12+ with the crux being up top.
Anchor bolts are ten feet east of the top out because the rock at the top out was hollow.
Location
Finish Line is a fin located West of Red Rocket Tower. The route, 'If You Ain't First, You're Last' starts in the chimney between the rim wall and the tower. Scramble (easy 5th class in some spots) behind the tower from the west side to the highpoint of the rubble. The route starts on the high point of the rubble.



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