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Routes in West Face/ Southwest Arete
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Born of Water T,S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b |
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Cloud Man Got Angry T,S 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Crystal Line T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
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I'itoi Dance T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Standard Route aka Forbes-Montoya Route (West Approach) T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a |
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Watcher of the Skies S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
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| Type: | Trad, 800 ft (242 m), 6 pitches, Grade III |
| FA: | Neil Gehrels 1996 |
| Page Views: | 1,667 total · 13/month |
| Shared By: | Charles Vernon on Mar 25, 2012 |
| Admins: | adrian montano, Greg Opland, Luke Bertelsen, Brian Boyd, JJ Schlick, Kemper Brightman |
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Description
This is a wandering line up the middle of the SW face that has some good face climbing. I thought it worth doing once, but my partner liked it a little better. Easier than the routes to the right as a means of getting up this large face, but still pretty sustained at 5.8. Maybe a route to do if you like climbing Babo but are running out of doable routes.
Kerry's description is good, but someone has apparently retrobolted a few spots of the route--most notably the second pitch where there is a large area where a 40' by 30' section of rock appears to have calved off. This scar is tightly bolted over now, so even though the rock is very crumbly here, it should be safe.
Kerry's description is good, but someone has apparently retrobolted a few spots of the route--most notably the second pitch where there is a large area where a 40' by 30' section of rock appears to have calved off. This scar is tightly bolted over now, so even though the rock is very crumbly here, it should be safe.
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