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Golden Showers

Name: Golden Showers
Rating: 2.0

5.11a YDS 6c French 22 Ewbanks VII+ UIAA 22 ZA E3 5c British

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	Golden Child T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Golden Showers T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c

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Type:	Trad, 100 ft (30 m)
GPS:	38.86085, -109.74243
FA:	Sam Andree, David Hoven
Page Views:	995 total · 10/month
Shared By:	Samuel Andree on Nov 26, 2017
Admins:	slim, Cory N, Perin Blanchard, GRK, David Crane, Nathan Fisher Page Updates (admin only)

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Access Issue: RAIN, WET ROCK and RAPTOR CLOSURES: The sandstone around Moab is fragile and is very easily damaged when it is wet. Also please ask and be aware of Raptor Closures in areas. Details

WET ROCK: Holds rip off and climbs have been and will continue to be permanently damaged due to climbers not respecting this phenomenon. After a heavy storm the rock will remain wet, sometimes for several days. PLEASE DO NOT CLIMB IN MOAB during or after rain.

RAPTOR CLOSURES: please be aware of seasonal raptor closures. They occur annually in the spring. Indian Creek Raptor Closure walls include: Echos, The Wall, Far Side, Original Meat, Tenderloins, Second Meat, First Meat, Selfish, Six Star, Cliffs of Insanity, Public Service Wall, Disappointment Cliffs, Fin Wall, Broken Tooth, Cat Wall, Slug Wall, Reservoir Wall, Critic’s Choice.

Description

In a nod to the onslaught of sand throughout this route rather than the nefarious hobbies of our commander in chief, this route tackles the attractive and obvious crack system in a left facing dihedral about 20ft to the right of Golden Child. Scramble atop a detached block and venture through some rotten rock towards the double finger cracks and obvious hand crack. Follow the crack through a hanging chimney and some sandy wide sections to a stellar left leaning hand crack above that goes from #3's to #2's at the end and a two bolt anchor.

The second offwidth/chimney section has some loose blocks that may need to be cleaned. This is a very sandy route and has a fair amount of loose rock, so take care, bring a big rack, and check this thing out, it's wild!

Protection

Double rack, and as many #3's you can find. (I placed 6) I also placed everything from a #00 Mastercam to a #6 C4. The double finger cracks before the hand crack takes nothing larger than a .4 C4.