SPECIAL NOTICE: due to nesting condors the Machete Ridge area may be closed, from Dos Equis / Corona on west face then west around the south side to The Hideout including the popular Old Original. Check the NPS and Friends of Pinnacles websites for further information.
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Located on the West Face of the Monolith this out of the way route is, as I know it, the hardest routes to be established in a ground up style. The bottom two bolts hold the hardest moves of the route with your feet barley off the ground followed by continuous 5.11 climbing with a 12c crux towards the top.
[Hide Comment] Rumors are rumors, but a rumor is that a hold has broken at the bottom crux sometime after the FA. After investing some time trying to find a sequence I could see some possibility in climbing the route but I don't feel like it would still be climbed at 5.12d. Has anyone out there done this line recently?
Apr 27, 2015
Access Issue: Seasonal Raptor Closures
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Bishop, CA