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Fat Raccoon

V8, Boulder,  Avg: 2.8 from 33 votes
FA: Peter Bonamici or Old school
Wisconsin > Baraboo Range > Devil's Lake > Devil's Lake Bo… > W Bluff > W Bluff North > W Bluff North,… > 2. Fat Raccoon > Fat Racoon

Description

Starting right hand in the jug and left hand underneath the roof climb up and left encountering some tough moves along the way. A low start is possible and will bump the difficulty up.

Location

Just below el parasol project. Or from the north shore beach where the trails intersect near the tumbled rocks trail head up hill a couple hundred feet above the bench.

Protection

A few pads. The landing is not perfect. 4 would be good.

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Cruxing on Raccoon
[Hide Photo] Cruxing on Raccoon
On the upper moves.
[Hide Photo] On the upper moves.
Pulling hard on the Raccoon
[Hide Photo] Pulling hard on the Raccoon
Yeah Remo
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Katie on Fat Raccoon.
[Hide Photo] Katie on Fat Raccoon.
Peter pulls down on his problem Fat Raccoon
[Hide Photo] Peter pulls down on his problem Fat Raccoon
Fat Raccoon is the green line<br>
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Remo trying it out on a nice morning. These are the starting holds.
[Hide Photo] Remo trying it out on a nice morning. These are the starting holds.

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Ian Cotter-Brown

  V9
[Hide Comment] This is a good one, and it has a very short approach. Curious how hard others think this one is. May 16, 2012
Dobbe Dobbe
Madison, WI
  V7-8
[Hide Comment] Cool problem. Jun 3, 2012
SteveS
[Hide Comment] Katie finished this one up last night and ended up taking a more direct finish. Instead of busting out left to the arete she just went straight up after getting the sharp left hand crimp. Tops out in the same spot.

Very cool problem! Oct 11, 2012
Remo
Madison, WI
  V8-
[Hide Comment] Hell yeah Katie, great job! Oct 11, 2012
Dobbe Dobbe
Madison, WI
  V7-8
[Hide Comment] Great line!!! One hard move and great movement to the top. Don't let the grade deter you from trying this one. Hard move is right off the ground and might be more like a 7 with good temps. Nov 4, 2012
Remo
Madison, WI
  V8-
[Hide Comment] Good temps make a huge difference with this one. Nov 10, 2013
clayton groth
Denver, CO
  V8+
[Hide Comment] This is an awesome problem, slept on imo! For comparison, I felt like this was harder than Weasel, Bulbous, and the adjacent Fridge. Took ages to figure out good high-step beta for me. I've seen shorter people hike this thing tho... so idk. I'd be curious to see what other people around 6' think. May 21, 2015
Case Edmondson
Atlanta, GA
[Hide Comment] @Clayton, I think that the beta originally developed feels quite hard for tall people. I'm 6', but quite flexible. Doing the beta that Tony Brengosz found feels pretty reasonable Jun 11, 2022