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Battle of the Bulge

5.11a, Sport, 40 ft (12 m),  Avg: 1.3 from 13 votes
FA: Joe Shiefman, Joe Kreidel, Galen
Arizona > Southern Arizona > Mt Lemmon (Sant… > Mt Lemmon (Cata… > 7 - Upper Highway > Spectrum Crags > Spectrum Wall

Description

Located between the Thief and Central Limit. A few tricky moves get one quickly to a jug-rail. From here one can either hand traverse right on jug-rail until under the next bolt and then straight up or proceed up to large flake/corner, then right across the top of the flake/corner towards the next bolt. Both paths then proceed up from that bolt into a shallow right facing corner below a bulge. Clip the bolt on the bulge and pull over onto some tricky face climbing (crux) straight up to the anchors.

Protection

6 bolts

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Marcus winning the battle
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Jimbo
  5.11a
[Hide Comment] I thought this one had some fun moves. The 1st 3 bolts need to be reworked and straightened out a bit. I reached down and unclipped the second after I had clipped the 3rd. Jun 17, 2014
Jake Croft
Tucson, Az
 
[Hide Comment] Definitely skip the second bold or unclip once you get the third clipped. Short but some cool moves Oct 12, 2015
jbak x
tucson, az
 
[Hide Comment] The bolts do look a little weird. But if you use long (25 cm) draws, it's not a problem. And if you don't use long draws... well... what is wrong with you ? Jun 7, 2020