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The Whale

Name: The Whale
Rating: 3.9

5.8 YDS 5b French 16 Ewbanks VI- UIAA 15 ZA HVS 4c British

Routes in Rhyme or Reason Wall

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	Black Opera S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Bumps Lumps and Bruises S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Flip the Switch S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Frequency Illusion S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Give Peas a Chance T 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	God Squad (PROJECT) S 5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b
	Hit Squad S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Jonah T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Lunatic Fridge S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Neurology T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Power of Suggestion S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Scotts Route S 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Shape Shifter (PROJECT) S 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Snap Judgment S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Social Distancing S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Whale, The T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c

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Type:	Trad, 45 ft (14 m)
GPS:	35.64006, -93.88165
FA:	Kevin Wagoner
Page Views:	1,488 total · 15/month
Shared By:	Michael Parker on Feb 5, 2018
Admins:	Tyler KC, JD Borgeson Page Updates (admin only)

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Description

The Whale is a very unique and striking route that starts in the back of a beautiful cave, moves into a roof chimney, then transitions out to the face and finishes up a shallow dihedral. The crux is pulling into the narrow chimney from a hanging start. Once in the chimney, get as high as you can to find a sweet crack that runs along the roof of the chimney that just devours gear. Traverse about 15 feet up and out through the chimney and then transition onto the face. The world opens up as you leave the cave and get onto the cliff face. Easy, but terribly fun climbing awaits you as you cruise your way to the top on good holds through a shallow dihedral. Currently you must top out the route and carefully make your way up a sloping ridge line to get to a tree to build your anchor. I highly recommend both the climber and belayer wear a helmet on this one. Any fall will have the climber pendulum through a narrow chimney and pull the belayer up into a jagged roof.