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Criss Cross

5.10-, Trad, 50 ft (15 m),  Avg: 2.4 from 12 votes
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Arizona > Central Arizona > *Phoenix Areas > McDowell Mountains > Sven Slab
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Description

Great movement on this route with the crux flowing early in the bolt section. You smear and edge on featureless granite through two bolts trending left on a sloping mantle to jug. Plug a cam and move up on easier climbing. Time to place another solid piece in a horizontal crack, and then finish through one bolt to awesome granite rail. Fourth class climbing follows to a great anchor with two rap rings.

Location

This is located immediately left of Black Death in a nice staging area.

Protection

Three bolts, C4 #3 and #4, plus draws and two longer slings.

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Peterslug
Pittsburgh, PA
 
[Hide Comment] Can place finger to hand size pro above the big flake and in the large horizontal crack just before the anchors. Feb 3, 2015
Andrea Smith-Lent
Glendale, AZ
[Hide Comment] We call this one "Little Baby"...virtually no start, start! Little baby start at the almost nonexistent crack. Climbed the big crack to the left then the face after that. Probably will set a #3 cam in the big crack next time for a little more protection and to avoid swinging...we ended up top roping. We made it probably a 5.3! Oct 23, 2016