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The Moon

Name: The Moon
Rating: 3.1

5.10b YDS 6a+ French 19 Ewbanks VII- UIAA 19 ZA E2 5b British

Routes in The Moon

L › R R › L A › Z

	Dark Star S 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
	Low Gravity S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Lunar Rave S 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Lunar Wave T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Moon, The S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Operation Fishbowl S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Starfish Prime S 5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c

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Type:	Sport, 150 ft (45 m), 2 pitches
GPS:	39.32602, -120.64793
FA:	Ky Bishop
Page Views:	2,541 total · 29/month
Shared By:	Ky Bishop on Sep 15, 2018
Admins:	Ky Bishop, Aron Quiter, Lurk Er, Colby Wangler, Mike Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer Ski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes Page Updates (admin only)

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Access Issue: No overnight camping on PG&E property Details

Noticed several tents while walking into the emeralds climbing area this last weekend ( 5/20/17 ). PG&E (Pacific Gas and Electric) has posted several signs at the gate and other areas that state camping is NOT allowed. Please respect this so that access does not become an issue! Thanks in advance, Colby W.

Description

P1: (5.10b) Climb a tricky face until the large horizontal fracture that is part of the negativity cave. Belay from an anchor on the ledge.

P2: (5.10b) move right of the anchor through a roof. The bolts straight up from the anchor are for Low Gravity. After the roof, a crazy bowling-pin sized rock in a crack to your left marks the way forward. This thing wouldn't budge after slamming and wrenching it with a hammer so it should be pretty safe. Continue up the face to a crux at parallel-ish cracks. Finally, make your way up to Star Ledge, where mussies await.

Both pitches can be combined into one mega ~42m pitch that still feels like 10b+.

Be sure to lower to the first anchor! Even an 80m only gets you to the first ledge if rapping all the way from the top.