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Lichen or Not

Name: Lichen or Not
Rating: 3.4

5.10 YDS 6b French 20 Ewbanks VII- UIAA 19 ZA E2 5b British

Routes in Sunset South

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	Adaptive Radiation T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Aerial Aviation T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Afternoon Delight T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Afternoon Walk T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Agrippa T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Airbrush T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Airy Arete T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Anteater T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Anteater Direct T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Armadillo T 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
	Armadillo’s Revenge T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	B-52 T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Baby Cats T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Back Street Revelations T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c PG13
	Battle Above the Clouds T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Beast, The T 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b PG13
	Beauty, The T 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Beyond the Obvious T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Black Magic T 5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13
	Blonde Ambition T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Bought the Farm T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b PG13
	Bountiful Barnacles T,TR 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Chipmunk Arete T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Cobbler, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Confederate Arete T 5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Crack-a-smile T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Day After, The T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Deck Party T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c PG13
	Decoy Buckets T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Direct Afraid T 5.13- 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E7 6c
	Divinity Crack T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Dodge City T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Draft dodger T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Dreamway T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Dyno Land T 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Escape from Ventura T 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Experimental animals T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Facts Of Strife T 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Fear and Whisky T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Flash Dance T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Golden Years T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
	Grim Reaper T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Gut Strings T 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a R
	House of Cards T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a PG13
	Illusions T,TR 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Jenga Direct T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Jenga Tower T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Jug Mania T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Jugular Vein T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Lesbians in politics T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13
	Liberty Bell T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Lichen or Not T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Little Pearl T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Lizard Pie T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Lizards in Action T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Mama Raccoon T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Marty's Misconceptions T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Mercenary Territory T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Nicki's Climb 5.4 T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Northwest Conversion T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Ode to the South T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c PG13
	Off to See the Lizard T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Optical Delusions T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b
	Overhead smash T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Pancake Flake T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
	Pigs in Space T 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Raiders of the Lost Arch T 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Second Sun T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Shy Line T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Silent Runner T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Sinsophrenia T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Skunk Fritter T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Southern Fried Possum T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Space Flaps T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Squeeze Box T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Squirrel Crack T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Sudden Journey T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Sunset Sonata T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
	Temple of Doom T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13
	Terminal Impatience T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Train Time T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Train Time Direct T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a PG13
	Unnamed Dihedral Flake T,TR 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Walk in the Park T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Whistler's Mother T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b R
	Wind Walker T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Windmill T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Yang T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c R
	Yin T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c

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Type:	Trad, 120 ft (36 m), 2 pitches
GPS:	34.98786, -85.36257
FA:	Chris Chesnutt and Randy Lane, 1987
Page Views:	908 total · 7/month
Shared By:	Chuck Parks on Jul 27, 2015
Admins:	Stonyman Killough, Luke Cornejo, saxfiend Page Updates (admin only)

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Description

We were a little confused as to where to start this one. There are two cracks splitting the bulging wall at the start. I'll provide directions for both.

P1-the easy way: Take the right crack, which leads up to a substantial tree about 30 feet up. This is the same start as Northwest Conversion. When you get in the neighborhood of the tree, start angling left and up. There's a pine tree underneath the arete that marks the left end of the upper headwall. That's generally where you're headed. (60 feet, 5.6)

P1-the hard way: Take the left crack. Struggle through the bulge on disappointing holds. Once things ease off, continue up and slightly left toward the pine tree mentioned in the "easy way" description above. (50 feet, 5.10)

P2-the main event: Start off a big block/ledge, maybe 20 feet right of the pine tree. Monkey your way up and slightly right through a series of overhangs. Surmounting the last overhang deposits you on a flat, vertical white face sprinkled with lichen. A hand crack almost immediately closes down to a finger crack that drifts in and out of existence as it works its way up the face. Fight the urge to chicken out to the Northwest Conversion crack 15 feet to your right. 25 feet of technical and sustained climbing leads you up the face. Finish on easier ground through a large flared crack loaded with dinner plate jugs, about 10 feet left of the Northwest Conversion anchors. (70 feet, 5.10)

Location

On the Northwest Buttress, a little ways climber's left from the Silent Runner area. Look for a wall that starts off with a bulging overhang off the trail, then rounds over after about 20ft to low angle stuff. There's a noticeable tree growing out of the wall about 30 feet up. Up higher, things steepen into a beautiful white headwall.

This route eventually takes you up the left end of the higher headwall.

Protection

Standard rack will do fine. This thing takes stoppers like they're going out of style.

The route tops out maybe 8 feet or so left of the bolted anchors for Northwest Conversion. From those anchors, a single rappel with a 60m rope will just reach the ground.