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Adrift

Name: Adrift
Rating: 3.0

5.9 YDS 5c French 17 Ewbanks VI UIAA 17 ZA HVS 5a British R

Routes in Stone Mountain South Face

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	Adrift T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Amtrak T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b X
	Anchor Rode T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Another Alternative T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Autumn Speaks T,S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
	Back to School T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Banana Breath T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a R
	Between The Ways S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b PG13
	Block Route T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b PG13
	Blood On The Tracks T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
	Bombay Groove aka Yankee Go Home T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13
	Brown Sugar T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13
	Captain Crunch T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c PG13
	Caveman T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b PG13
	Closer to the Heart T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Crystal Lizard T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R
	Direct Start to Arch T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Dirty Crack T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Discipline, The S 5.12 7b+ 27 VIII+ 26 E6 6b
	Dixie Crystals T,S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Dream On T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Dream Waves T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Electric Boobs T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a PG13
	Entrance Crack T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a R
	Face Value T,S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a X
	Fantastic T,S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a PG13
	Father Knows Best T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Fleet Feet T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Fuddy Mucker/Deception Crack - 5.9 T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Grand Funk Railroad T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
	Great Arch, The T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
	Great Brown Way T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b PG13
	Great White Way T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Hook and Bladder T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Impossible Dream T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Last Dance T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c R
	Mama's Goin' Crazy T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b X
	Mcgrady's route T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Mercury's Lead T,S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	No Alternative T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a PG13
	Orange Blossom Special T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c X
	P.F. Flyers T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13
	Pandora's Way T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Peer Pressure T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Permission Granite T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Pulpit, The T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Purple Daze T 5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c PG13
	Purring, The T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Pyromania T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a R
	Rainy Day Women T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a R
	Requiem to a Dream T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a PG13
	Rice Krispies T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b R
	Rock Island Line (Grand Funk alt. finish), The T 5.3 3+ 10 III 9 VD 3a PG13
	Saturday Night Live T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a R
	Scimitar S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Sermon, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Storm in a Teacup S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13
	Strawberry Preserves T,S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b PG13
	Sufficiently Breathless T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a X
	Taken For Granite T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Teflon Trip T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b R
	Toilet Bowl T,S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b R
	U Slot T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b PG13
	Wahoo Start T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Wet Dreams T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a X
	White Way Direct T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13
	WOSL T 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R
	Yardarm T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Zoo Love T 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c

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Type:	Trad, 250 ft (76 m), 2 pitches
GPS:	36.3916, -81.0473
FA:	Bill Webster, Emily Hull-Ryde (Late 1980s)
Page Views:	589 total · 11/month
Shared By:	Jason Bryant on Sep 26, 2021
Admins:	Steve Lineberry, Aaron Parlier Page Updates (admin only)

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Description

Another great Stone Mountain slab route from the tree ledge. As with much of Stone, a fall at the wrong time will be a long one. This route has good texture for foot grip as well as quite regularly horizontal lips/eyebrows that come as close to a handhold as you will see on a pure friction Stone route. I'd describe this as a great 5.9 slab starter... but with the typically Stone bolt spacing, so have a clear head if leading. There is some significant spacing between bolts on P1 after the 1st bolt. This is a good lead if you have the head game for the runouts.

P1 - 165' with 3 bolts and bolted anchors. Start from the tree ledge either along the flakes of Banana Breath or directly under the first bolt of Banana Breath. Clip the first bolt of Banana Breath, then progress up to the right toward a bolt ~40' up, but don't get on the lesser slope that is Yardarm. The 3rd bolt @ ~40' and anchors are mostly straight above from the 2nd bolt. From 3rd bolt to anchors is around 50'.

P2 - 80' with 2 bolts and bolted anchors. Continue straight up to bolt which is actually the 2nd bolt on P2 of Yardarm. At this point it follows Yardarm to another bolt and anchors. This pitch is easier than the first, 5.8 range.

Location

The route is located at the obvious multiple flakes laid side by side just above the middle section of the tree ledge. The start can follow the beginning of Banana Breath or directly under the first bolt of Banana Breath. Adrift goes up between Banana Breath and Yardarm.

Protection

Each pitch has bolts and belay anchors. Let's call it Stone Mountain runout caution. No place for gear after the 1st bolt which getting to 1st bolts is 5.8 climbing. Some bolts are spaced 40-50'. Running belay may be considered on P1.