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Plate Tectonics

Name: Plate Tectonics
Rating: 2.9

5.12d YDS 7c French 28 Ewbanks IX UIAA 28 ZA E6 6b British

Routes in The Northwest Territories

L › R R › L A › Z

	Air Barrier S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Angry Inch, The S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Approaching Armageddon T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	B-B-Bubbas link-up S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	B-B-Buttress S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Battle of the Bulge S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Beastie, The S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Beerless Leader T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	California Chrome S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Dragon's Jaw S 5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a
	Dying While Dancing S 5.12c/d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Gestaltwandler S 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Hard Times S 5.11c/d 7a 24 VIII 25 E4 6a
	Hocus Focus S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Like Old Times S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Living with Abandon S 5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Nine Eleven S 5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Paper Wafer T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Plate Tectonics S 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Primitive Times T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Scrubbing Bubbas S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Shine On S 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Times Like These S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Wimp And Peel S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Winter is Coming S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b

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Type:	Sport, 60 ft (18 m)
GPS:	43.80478, -71.84537
FA:	Ward Smith, 5/18/14
Page Views:	3,662 total · 25/month
Shared By:	Ward Smith on May 18, 2014
Admins:	Jay Knower, M Sprague, Jeffrey LeCours, Jonathan S, Robert Hall Page Updates (admin only)

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Description

This is the steep clean face right of Hocus Focus that I have been walking past for 25 years. Stick clip, then climb fun crimpy moves up the increasingly difficult wall to a definite crux. Probably much harder for the short climber.

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