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Raggin' Tail

Name: Raggin' Tail
Rating: 2.4

5.12b YDS 7b French 26 Ewbanks VIII+ UIAA 26 ZA E5 6b British

Routes in 4. Third Buttress

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	17 Chicks S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	17 Chicks underpants V4-5 6B+
	Alleluja S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Antofil S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Baron Von Sauerkraut S 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
	Beer Pressure S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Bittersweet S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Boffedes V6 7A
	Bring Your Nuts T 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b PG13
	Coffindaffer's Dream S 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
	Dean's Route S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Dear Hunter S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Dracula’s Tooth S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Dragon's Tooth S 5.12c/d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	First, Last, and Always S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Flying Turkey T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Forrest Dump S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Gary's Route S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Half Mast S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Happy Flying T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Happy Sexgiving S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Italiano Vero S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Joli Goes to Zermont S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	King Lichen Me S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Kosmology S 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Kurt Albert Gedächtnisweg S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	La Senora No Contenta S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Lieutenant Tomek S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Line of Demarcation T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Meatball (aka. Mr. Ugly aka. Coloring Book) S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Meathead S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Minatori S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Minimax S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Moselstraße 7 S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Mr. Cute S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Pondel T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Powerbar Power S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Prow, The S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Raggin' Tail S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Rocambole S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Rrugë Të Pista S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Shaken Not Stirred S 5.12d 7c 28 IX 28 E6 6b
	Skull In Hole S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Starry S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Strip Tease S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Supermoon S 5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Telexpress S 5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Thrill in the Ville S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Tita S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Tsunami Bob S 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
	Unnamed S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Up the Wizard's Sleeve S 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	Vanished S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Wanderer, The S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b

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Type:	Sport, 70 ft (21 m)
GPS:	38.14336, -80.91556
FA:	Mark Stevenson 1997
Page Views:	1,101 total · 8/month
Shared By:	AndyJohnson on Jun 2, 2014 · Updates
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Access Issue: Private Property - Access Closed Details

The Meadow River is almost entirely private property and mostly CLOSED to climbing, EXCEPT Lower Meadow routes and boulders and Meadow Top boulders. The only public land, part of the Gauley River National Recreation Area, is far downstream and has no good access without crossing over closed private property.

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Description

Climb up steep rock in a right facing corner. Move left to a heel hook / mantel move off a loose block to a sit down rest on a ledge. Continue past a few more closely-spaced bolts to a ledge. Find a slippery path up sloping holds directly up to the next bolt, or traverse left to more positive holds near Dragon's Tooth, climb up (risking a swinging slab fall) and back right to the bolt line. Continue up and right past two more bolts and prepare from some final crimps directly right of the last bolt and then straight up to the anchors (avoid loose flakes straight above the last bolt, and a loose flake below and right of the anchor).

Fun climbing with the exception of the loose rock and middle slab section.

Location

Near the right end of 3rd Buttress. Of the 2 routes on the long flat wall between Skull in the Hole / Strip Tease and the steep cave with Bittersweet, this route is on the right.

Protection

9 bolts, 2-bolt anchor. Recommend long slings on the first two bolts, as well as clipping the 3rd bolt before pulling on the loose block on the ledge.

If cleaning while lowering, make sure your rope does not get stuck on a sharp edge between the last bolt and the anchors.