Elephant Ear AKA Fish Taco
5.11- YDS 6c French 22 Ewbanks VIII- UIAA 22 ZA E3 5c British
| Type: | Trad, 110 ft (33 m) |
| GPS: | 38.0398, -109.5436 |
| FA: | Steve Quinlan 1982 |
| Page Views: | 493 total · 13/month |
| Shared By: | Alex Temus on Oct 23, 2022 |
| Admins: | slim, Cory N, Perin Blanchard, GRK, David Crane, Nathan Fisher |
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Description
A large, and varied left-facing flake that doesn't get nearly enough traffic for how good it is!
The route starts on a thin hand crack with l some face features that allow for easy stemming before you reach the technical crux about 25 feet up where you navigate the first, somewhat overhung, off-width. Then beautiful, overhung hand jams get you over a bulge into easier off-width moves. The route continues on mostly big hands but goes to thin fingers near the chains.
The crux for me was just the endurance to not peel off the easier upper half after fighting through the first off-width moves. The guidebook called it 10+, but 5.11 seems more appropriate for a route with overhung off-width moves.
70m rope required, or two ropes.



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