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Gettin' Barreled

5.10+, Trad, Alpine, 180 ft (55 m), 3 pitches,  Avg: 3.3 from 3 votes
FA: Todd Reeves; Randy Levensaler, Sept. 1, 2019
Colorado > Independence Pass > Wild Ridge Area > Wave

Description

P1. 5.10+. Climb moderate terrain passing two bolts up to small tree that you pass on the right side. Continue up a left-leaning crack below the roof to a protection bolt. Exit the roof on the right on tips size gear or via a face climbing variation and pull through the overlap. Continue out a finger crack and pull up onto a rail (yellow C3). Clip a traversing bolt as you reach right for the finishing finger crack to the bolted anchor.

P2. 5.8. Face climb past 2 bolts and an optional #2 Camalot placement to a fixed anchor. Two raps with a 60m rope to the ground or continue through the Rip Rap on P3.

P3. 5.8. Notice the steeper, left-leaning crack above. Climb up and right, and stem into the crack. At the top place solid gear in the left crack before moving right. Be careful with a standing block at the top in the right hand crack. Finish at a fixed anchor.

Location

Begin down and left of Held Under with the large roof above you. Be cautious of loose blocks at the belay location.

Protection

Extras in the small C3 range green to yellow. Most of the crack coming out of the wave and onto the face is .3/.4.

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The approximate route Line of Gettin' Barreled. The orange dots are the bolts.
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P3 of Gettin' Barreled.
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