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Apollo 13

5.13c, Sport, 70 ft (21 m),  Avg: 3 from 3 votes
FA: Pete Chasse, 2006
California > Lake Tahoe > I-80 Corridor > Donner Summit > Snowshed Wall > E Face > 2. Brain Block

Description

Climb Brain Child through the 4th bolt and then instead of topping out the ledge, move right to clip one more bolt and boulder through the headwall.

For what it's worth, the FA did not use the right-side blunt arete near the top but some subsequent ascents have. Either way it's a hard (slightly contrived, about V8) boulder problem, and certainly stepping on the nearby wedged boulder or jamming its crack are both off limits.

Location

Start on Brain Child.

Protection

5 bolts