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Crack of Noon
5.9+,
Trad, 80 ft (24 m),
Avg: 3 from 3
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FA: unknown
Oregon
> Central Oregon
> Shepard's Tower
Description
A gritty adventure on a proud line. Start from the brushy ledge in a wide splitter. Follow the intermittent hand and finger crack, past a few ancient pitons, occasionally climbing out right on the face. Glorious finish hiking straight up big horizontals.
Not sure the history on this one. Considering the rock I cleaned from the start, I doubt the full line had been climbed before and unlikely that it was done free back in the day.
Location
The tallest, downhill aspect of the tower, with a crack splitting the middle. Left of the sport routes.
Protection
Single set cams to #4, optional extra hand size pieces. A bolt anchor was added to the top of this route June 2020
Bend, OR