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Wild Thing

5.12a, Sport,  Avg: 3.2 from 13 votes
FA: Bolted by Chris Barnes, Vernon Phinney, & Mike Engle; FA Andrew Thaller; 2016
Idaho > E Idaho > Teddy Bear Cove > 04. Send Town

Description

Start in the same corner as Buck Fever and move right to an undercling below a big roof. Reach out and gain a series of hueco features and follow them up the wildly overhanging arête until you can pull left onto the face. Continue on the face with moderate climbing to the anchors.

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Wild Thing crux
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Kira Engle on the crux of Wild Thing
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Parker Webb on Wild Thing. Chris Barnes belaying.
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FA Andrew Thaller
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Andrew Gerald Thaller
  5.11c/d
[Hide Comment] FA Andrew Thaller Feb 16, 2020
Jake Burton
Ogden, UT
 
[Hide Comment] Favorite out of the five 12's done today. Feb 29, 2020
Shaun Johnson
Pocatello, ID
  5.11c
[Hide Comment] BETA SPRAY!
Try a kneebar at the crux. In my opinion the kneebar makes this route into a 5.8 with a V3 in the middle.
It now has permadraws at the crux. Send this and brag about your 5.12 send! Apr 2, 2023