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The Shaft Pinnacle
5.10+ R,
Trad, 50 ft (15 m),
Avg: 2 from 1
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FA: Greg Collins, Mal Miller
Wyoming
> Sweetwater Rocks
> Blob Buttress & Smith…
Access Issue: Sticky situation
Details
This place is desolate and dangerous WYO desert with very few amenities nearby, and zero assistance should you find your pretty-little-self in a bind.
The people are ornery and the land is mean. I don't recommend coming here at all. If the rednecks, miners, roughnecks vagabonds or land doesn't get ya, some dehydrated whacked-out windblown sunbeaten climber just might. . . . Sweetwater Rocks and adjacent areas require LOW-profiles and LOTS of respect and consideration. Keep all fences/gates as you found them. Do not build fires. Adhere to all posted signs. Do not drive off of existing paths (roads). Do not let your dog run around (chances are great that it'll be shot, bitten, trampled or fed upon). Do not take anything from this land. . . and do not leave anything. Good BLM quads are essential (make sure they're up to date). Granite Mtns (Sweetwater) area closures are adjustable and are done so via ranchers and BLM officiales. Great tracts of this area are privately owned; meaning that they are always closed. For example: Lankin Dome BLM as of last year was closed 04-30 thru 06-31 for public AND private lands; between 03-01 thru 04-31 it was closed on private land. So, sometimes private easements are opened, and sometimes they aren't. . . same with public lands; oh, and mining claims too! Pay particular attention to any signage and postings.
Access Issue: Keep a low profile
Details
Description
Small, steep, free standing pinnacle. Seldom climbed and difficult. 2 routes on the Needle; Free Radicle 5.10+ R, description: boulder up to brake in west face, shortest, clip single 1/4" hand drilled, free lead, placed bolt and crank then mantle onto the summit. South Face; 5.11- R Thin cracks on south face, pitons maybe necessary.
Location
19 m free standing pinnacle high above the Blob Buttress NE of Split Rock
Protection
Very little protection to be had on the pinnacle, mostly thin.