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The Bends

Name: The Bends
Rating: 3.3

5.11b/c YDS 6c+ French 23 Ewbanks VIII- UIAA 24 ZA E4 6a British

Routes in Impact Zone

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	Anchors Away S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Aqualung S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Barnacle Bill S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Barnacled Anchor T 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
	Belly of the Whale S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Bends, The S 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Bird of Prey S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Black Magic S 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Blood, Sweat and Chalk S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Castaways S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Davey Jones' Locker S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a PG13
	Decompression Sickness S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Early Retirement T,S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13
	Eddie's Arête S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Edge-U-Cate S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	First Aid S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Handjob S 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
	Hidden Treasure S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Jump Start S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Keelhauled S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Last Laugh, The S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a R
	Mostly Harmless S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Neptune (?) S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	No Weld S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
	One for One S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Persephone S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Rock Your World S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b PG13
	Shipwrecked S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Skid Marks T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	Super Amazing Sea Monkeys S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Trident S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Van Idle Route 1 S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Van Idle Route 2 S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Walk the Plank S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Wintermute S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a

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Type:	Sport, 80 ft (24 m)
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Access Issue: PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY Details

This cliff line is on private property. If there are "NO TRESPASSING" signs up, and you choose to climb there, that's a personal choice. Attempts have been made to contact the landowner by the local climbing organization, but thus far, there has been no progress.

Description

Climb the first few bolts of Decompression Sickness and traverse left to gain the clean orange face and roof of The Bends.

Location

Variation of Decompression Sickness. Locate the orange face capped by a 3-4 foot roof, directly above the natural tunnel.

Protection

Bolts to shuts.

Can also be led as a mixed route. Gain the face by leading up the loose, gear-protected corner, starting on the chossy pedestal near the natural tunnel. The corner takes cams ranging from fingers-tight hands, med-large nuts).