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The Tempest

Name: The Tempest
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5.10a YDS 6a French 18 Ewbanks VI+ UIAA 18 ZA E1 5a British

Routes in The Precipice aka The South Wall

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	Albatross T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Balance Queen T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Band of Gypsies T 5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a
	Bartleby -(Central Slab) T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Birch Ade - (mid-cliff START) T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Blackbeard’s Arete T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b R
	Boys From Bangor T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Byzantine T 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
	Chicken of the Sea T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Chitlin's Corner T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Connecticut Cracks T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Country Corner - (mid-cliff START) T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Crack Of Senility -(Central Slab) T 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
	Dancing Gypsy T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Dike Gully T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a PG13
	Dr. Stix’s Flying Buttress T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Dynamo Hum - (mid-cliff START) T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b PG13
	Emigrant Crack - (mid-cliff START) T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Exit Laughing (Mid-Cliff Start) T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Fat Back Crack T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Fat Gypsy T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Fear of Flying T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Fingers on a Seascape (mid-cliff START) S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	From Russia With Love -(Central Slab) T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Gale Face T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a PG13
	Games Without Frontiers - (mid-cliff START) T,TR 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Girls From Brewer (Mid-Cliff Start) T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
	Green Mt. Breakdown T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Grendal T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Gunklandia T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Gunklandia Direct Variation T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Gypsy Arete TR 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c
	High Plains Drifter T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	High Wire T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Impalpable Cracks T 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Jaws T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Jungle Book T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Juvenile T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	London Bridges T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Lower Wall / Alcove / Staircase Break T 3rd 1- 1 I 1 M 1a
	Main Wall / Alcove / Staircase Break T 5.15+ 9b+ 38 XII+ 39 E11 8b
	Maniacal Depression T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a PG13
	Michael's Pin - (mid-cliff START) T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Midnight Delight T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Mme. LeBois' Troubled Lunge -(Central Slab) T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Muscle Shoals T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Old Town T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Originator Crack T,TR 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Philadelphia Story, The T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Pipe Dreams T 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Pirates of Penzance T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Popeye’s Arete T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a PG13
	Precipice Ledges T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Pressure Drop T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a R
	Quiver T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Ramp Traverse, The T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Recollections of Pacifica -(Central Slab) T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Reef Madness T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R
	Retlaw T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Return to Forever - (mid-cliff START) T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Road Less Traveled T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
	Road To Nowhere T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a PG13
	Rusticator T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c PG13
	Scaramouche T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b R
	Scaramouche Arete - (mid-cliff START) S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Sea Gypsy T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a PG13
	Selfless Bastard T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Side Street T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Small Crack Warning T 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Southern Fried Chute T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Space Between T 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a PG13
	Staircase, The T 3rd 1- 1 I 1 M 1a
	Standard Route T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Star Face Mole T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Story of O T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Sweet Surrender -(Central Slab) T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Swept Away T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Tempest, The T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Trotsky T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Vacation Cracks - (mid-cliff START) T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Wafer Step -(Central Slab) T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Wet Lithuanian, The T 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Wilner's Route TR 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c

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Description

Head up the same start as Fear of Flying, then continue straight up over the small roof. Good face climbing on mostly positive holds leads to a bolt, mantle and climb the slab to glory. Belay on top of the same ledge as the last pitch of Story of O.