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Howard's End

5.10c, Sport, TR, 20 ft (6 m),  Avg: 1.8 from 10 votes
FA: Brian Derrig
Texas > Austin Area > Georgetown Hospital
Warning Access Issue: Sign Waiver @ trail head. DetailsDrop down

Description

Low crux, just trust the feet. Beta is wack since the breaking of a key hold, do what you can up to the ledge. After that, easy movement on nice pockets and the arete up to the chains.

Location

Far end of the Sanctuary, to the right of the short but prominent dihedral (Good Book). To the left of the obvious arete.

Protection

3 bolts, to 2 anchors/chains.

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Left to right, Good Book, Howard's End, Wasp Arete, and La Campita.
[Hide Photo] Left to right, Good Book, Howard's End, Wasp Arete, and La Campita.

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Jake Westfall
Austin, TX
  5.11b
[Hide Comment] The rock is quite brittle in several spots, and I'm pretty sure some of the key holds have broken off this route, increasing the grade by a lot. I climbed it today (or attempted to) and would say that the crux section is *at least* 5.11b. The sequences I did actually manage to pull off were pretty neat though. The pockets on the top part of the route were really dirty. Oct 19, 2017
Morgan Smith
Chattanooga, TN
  5.10b
[Hide Comment] Sad to hear it, but thanks for the update, Jake! Nov 26, 2017
J. Thornton
  5.11a
[Hide Comment] Two of our group think it's 11a, one thinks 11b. Nothing crazy on the crux moves, just takes a bit of thought to work it out. May 9, 2018