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Scrubbing Neon

5.10c, Sport, 45 ft (14 m),  Avg: 2.2 from 58 votes
FA: Bryan Burdo & Ethan Schwart (1994)
Washington > Central-W Casca… > N Bend & Vicinity > Exit 38 > Mt Washington > Amazonia

Description

A thin start with tricky feet (if climbing directly through the bolt line) brings you to easier moves on good holds for the rest of the climb and a mossy section at the top.

A stick clip is advised since most of the crux is below the first bolt.

Location

To the right of I Remember Drooling and to the left of Sodflesh

Protection

6 bolts, chain anchor with loweroffs.

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it goes up the ramp to the right
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Lindsay Holladay
 
[Hide Comment] Fun, bouldery start moves and a tricky transition to the mossy section on top. Mar 9, 2015
Jennifer Strauss
Seattle, WA
  5.10c
[Hide Comment] Don't be afraid to look for holds in the mossy section up top. It seems improbable, but there were usable holds there! Jul 23, 2016
Scott Underwood
[Hide Comment] Rebolted with SS hardware June 2018 Jun 26, 2018
Shawn S
Seattle WA
 
[Hide Comment] a large portion of the start came off this weekend with a small pry, it may be a little trickier now. Move a cheater stone up there if you can't reach the start crimps. Stick clip is advised Oct 10, 2022
Steve Mackey
[Hide Comment] The difficulty of this route depends greatly on how you approach the start. The first time I attempted it I attempted to follow the bolt line in the picture and it felt far harder than 5.10c I thought. At least 5.11a / V2-3.

The second time I started at the bolt down and to the left, and went straight up to the big jug on the left (employing a heel hook for me, a lunge/reach for my tall friend). This felt more like a 5.10c crux to me and makes this seem fairly graded. Jul 7, 2024
Aldous William Eaton
  5.11a
[Hide Comment] A pickle. I've been climbing a considerable amount of 5.11a & b on Mt. Wa. the last couple months and this feels on par or harder than most of them. It also feels harder than the three 10d's I've climbed at Amazonia (Paste Human, Drier... & Enema). Those 10d's have felt trivial compared to this route. I mean you could start on the left route to cheat the start but would that really count?
September edit: After climbing Primus I'd say Scrubbing Neon is equally as hard but Primus is obviously way more sustained. Jul 27, 2024
AJ Klatt
Kenmore, WA
[Hide Comment] +1 to the start not feeling in line for Exits 10c. Required a pretty big move to a high crimp for me (maybe V2+ish?). After the start, the rest of the route felt more in the 10b/c range (with the main difficulty being finding the good holds). Aug 12, 2024