PRINT: Rock Climb Babel, Lake Tahoe

Babel

5.10a, Trad, TR, 30 ft (9 m),

Avg: 2.2 from 12 votes
FA: unknown
California > Lake Tahoe > Highway 50 Corr… > Placerville > Cosumnes River… > Ten-Minute Cliff

Description

Variation for start of Gardens of Babylon. More challenging and satisfying. Traverse to finish on Gardens.

Location

Thin seam to the right of Gardens of Babylon, the left-most (downstream) climb.

Protection

Top rope. I used anchors for Gardens, but there may be bolted anchors directly above this start. Walk up to the left.

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Ten Minute Cliff. Click photo for high-res version. <br>
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(1) Gardens of Babylon (5.9),<br>
(2) Babel (5.10), <br>
(3) Ten Minute Crack (5.12), <br>
(4) Eunuch in a Whorehouse (5.12+), <br>
(5) Scorpio (5.8), <br>
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Mastophilia (5.10 TR) is not shown. Climbs 1-4 have bolted anchors. A 5.10/V0 traverse can be made on knobs between Babel and Ten Minute Crack.

Ten Minute Cliff. Click photo for high-res version. (1) Gardens of Babylon (5.9), (2) Babel (5.10), (3) Ten Minute Crack (5.12), (4) Eunuch in a Whorehouse (5.12+), (5) Scorpio (5.8),…

thin seam in right of photo taken by Silvana Hidalgo

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Kelley Gilleran
Meadow Vista

There are not anchors directly above the start Apr 16, 2017