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Megalithic Linkup

5.12c, Trad, 100 ft (30 m),  Avg: 4 from 2 votes
FA: Shaun Reed, March 2022
California > Central Coast > Santa Barbara > Gibraltar Area > Cold Springs Dome > Makunaima Amphitheater

Description

Also known as the Mega Linkup, for those into the whole brevity thing.

This route is comprised of 4 routes on the Makunaima Wall, including the cruxes of both No Woman No Cats and Kneeanderthal.  

Start on No Woman, but cut right after the 4th bolt into the namesake sloper section of Homo Slopiens.  Continue traversing right to Makunaima, place a finger-size cam, then join the traversing section of Kneeanderthal and follow it to the top.  

I don't believe this linkup has been toproped before due to the big traverse in the middle.

Location

Starts on No Woman No Cats on the left side of the Makunaima Wall and finishes on the Kneeanderthal anchors on the right side of the wall.

Protection

11 bolts plus one finger size cam (0.4 or 0.3 BD)

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Gabe De La Rosa
Santa Barbara, CA
[Hide Comment] I put a sling on the finger sized piece on Makunaima, and then another sling on the second bolt you clip on Kneeanderthal, which is sorta around the arete. Even then, there's a load of drag cause of the traverse—if you're dialed on Kneeanderthal, you could easily skip that bolt and just clip the one at the crux May 17, 2026