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[Unknown - Epoxy Nut Route]

5.11 PG13, Sport,  Avg: 1 from 1 vote
FA: unknown
Washington > Central-E Casca… > Leavenworth > Nason Ridge > (b) Cave Wall

Description

Start with a bolt on a slab and then head left through some pretty poor rock. The bolt spacing, ledges, and traverse here make for some pretty awful fall potential in a few spots. Persevere and you'll come to one of the most comical bits of route engineering I've ever seen: a block epoxied into place and backed up with a bolted on BD wired nut!

Luckily, things do improve as you ascend. A tricky move left on blank rock ups the quality, and then finish up on some almost traditional climbing moves up a steep, high-quality crack to the chains.

Location

This route is on a narrow ledge on the right side of cave wall. Scramble down from the Shorty route and ascend the fixed line. Traverse the ledge to the right and belay on a platform below a slab that contains the first bolt.

Rightmost climb on Cave Wall.

Protection

Bolts. Fixed biners at chains.

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